Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 23 - Division of Medicaid
Part 205 - Hospice Services
Chapter 1 - Program Overview
Rule 23-205-1.7 - Transportation
Universal Citation: MS Code of Rules 23-205-1.7
Current through September 24, 2024
A. The hospice provider must:
1. Provide transportation for medical
services relating to the terminal illness and related conditions after the
admission to the hospice,
2.
Provide transportation from the hospital to the beneficiary's residence or to a
freestanding hospice facility during a period of hospitalization after election
of the hospice benefit.
3. Arrange
for non-emergency transportation through the non-emergency transportation (NET)
broker program when the hospice beneficiary requires or requests transportation
for services that are not palliative in nature or for transportation services
unrelated to the terminal illness and related conditions.
B. Transportation is not covered under the hospice benefit when:
1. The hospice
beneficiary calls 911 for ambulance/medical assistance for the terminal illness
or related conditions, or
2. The
hospice beneficiary requires or requests transportation for medical services
that are not palliative in nature or are unrelated to the terminal illness or
related conditions.
Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-121.
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