New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 309 - ALTERNATIVE BENEFIT PROGRAM
Part 4 - MAD ADMINISTERED BENEFITS AND LIMITATION OF SERVICES
Section 8.309.4.15 - PREVENTATIVE PHYSICAL HEALTH SERVICES

Universal Citation: 8 NM Admin Code 8.309.4.15

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024

The benefit package includes the current national standards for preventive health services including behavioral health preventive services. Standards are derived from several sources, including the United States preventive services task force, the centers for disease control and prevention; and the American college of obstetricians and gynecologists. Unless an ABP eligible recipient refuses and the refusal is documented, MAD shall make available the preventive health services or screens or document that the services (with the results) were provided by other means. The MAD provider shall document medical reasons not to perform these services for an individual ABP eligible recipient. ABP eligible recipient refusal is defined to include refusal to consent to and refusal to access care.

A. Initial assessment: A MAD ABP provider may assist the ABP eligible recipient with inquires to the MAD UR contractor for a NF assessment.

B. Prenatal care and screenings: The benefit package includes prenatal care and related services, as detailed in 8.310.2 NMAC.

C. Preventive medicine and supplements:

(1) An ABP eligible recipient can receive supplements detailed below as medically indicated:
(a) aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease for a female between the ages of 45 to 79 years when the potential benefit of a reduction of ischemic strokes outweighs the potential harm of an increase in gastrointestinal hemorrhage;

(b) aspirin to prevent cardiovascular disease for a male between the ages of 45 to 79 years when the potential benefit due to a reduction in myocardial infarctions outweighs the potential harm due to an increase in gastrointestinal hemorrhage;

(c) vitamin D supplementation to prevent falls in a community-dwelling for an ABP eligible recipient 65 years of age and older who is at increased risk for falls;

(d) folic acid supplementation for all female ABP eligible recipients who are planning or are capable of pregnancy to take a daily supplement containing 0.4 to 0.8 mg of folic acid;

(e) iron supplementation for all asymptomatic ABP eligible recipients between the ages of six to 12 months who are at increased risk for iron deficiency anemia; and

(f) breast cancer preventive medication, such as chemoprevention, is made available.

(2) The MAD provider will discuss with a female ABP eligible recipient who is at high risk for breast cancer and at low risk for adverse effects of chemoprevention. The PCP will provide information to the ABP eligible recipient of the potential benefits and harms of chemoprevention.

D. Screens and preventative screens: screens and preventative screens include in the recommendation of the United States preventative services task force A and B recommendations are included in the benefit package.

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