Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 8 - Medicaid Coverage and Payment
Chapter 140 - Medicaid Coverage; Facility and Facility-Based Services
Article 4 - Hospital Services
7 AAC 140.305 - Admission to a hospital

(1) recipient is admitted to the hospital by the written order of a physician or other licensed health care professional authorized to admit a patient to a hospital;

(2) recipient requires a general acute care hospital level of care or meets the requirements for administrative-wait bed or swing-bed status; and

(3) department gives prior authorization for admission as required under 7 AAC 105 - 7 AAC 160.