Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 8 - Medicaid Coverage and Payment
Chapter 145 - Medicaid Payment Rates
Article 1 - Medicaid Payment; Conditions and Methods
7 AAC 145.010 - Prohibition against reassignment

(a) The department will not make payment on a claim known by a provider to be covered by Medicaid if the claim has been assigned, sold, or transferred, including transfers through the use of power of attorney, to a collection agency, service bureau, or individual who advances money to a provider for the provider's accounts receivable.

(b) The use of a billing agent or accounting firm that bills and receives payment in the name of the provider is permitted if payment for this service is not related on a percentage or other basis to the amount to be billed or collected.