Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 9 - Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program; Electronic Health Care Information Exchanges
Chapter 165 - Alaska Medicaid Electronic Health Record Incentive Program
7 AAC 165.900 - Definitions

Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 7 AAC 165.900

Current through August 30, 2024

In this chapter,

(1) "CMS" means the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;

(2) "hospital provider" means a hospital enrolled under 7 AAC 140.300 that is

(A) an acute care hospital as defined in 42 C.F.R. 495.302, revised as of September 4, 2012, and adopted by reference;

(B) a children's hospital as defined in 42 C.F.R. 495.302, revised as of September 4, 2012, and adopted by reference;

(3) "Medicaid patient"

(A) means an individual who has been determined eligible for Medicaid in this state under 42 U.S.C. 1396 - 1396w-5 (Title XIX of the Social Security Act) and who is receiving or has received services from a provider enrolled in the Medicaid program in this state;

(B) does not include an individual who has been determined eligible under 42 U.S.C. 1397 aa;

(4) "needy individual patient" means

(A) an individual who is
(i) a Medicaid patient or who has been determined eligible for Medicaid services in this state under 42 U.S.C. 1397 aa; and

(ii) receiving or has received services from a provider enrolled in the Medicaid program in this state;

(B) an individual who received uncompensated medical care by the provider; or

(C) an individual who received medical care by the provider at no cost to the individual or at reduced cost to the individual based on a sliding scale determined by the individual's ability to pay;

(5) "payment year" has the meaning given in 42 C.F.R. 495.4, revised as of October 1, 2010, and adopted by reference;

(6) "provider" means a type of provider identified in 7 AAC 165.010(a) (1).

Authority:AS 47.05.010

AS 47.07.030

AS 47.07.040

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