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General Relief Medical assistance applicant or recipient, admission of the patient serves as agreement to accept reimbursement from the department as full payment for hospital services. A recipient is responsible for payment of all services not reimbursable under General Relief Medical assistance and for the payments specified in 7 AAC 47.220(b). (Eff. 3/23/78, Register 65; am 5/2/79, Register 70; am 11/28/86, Register 100; am 9/9/95, Register 135; am 8/25/2010, Register 195) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.25.170 AS 47.25.195 7 AAC 47.245. Length of hospitalization. (a) The maximum number of days of hospitalization payable by the division for an individual recipient is limited to the 50th percentile of the length of hospitalization stay for that particular primary medical or surgical diagnosis involved identified in the Length of Stay by Diagnosis and Operation, Western Region, 1994, which is adopted by reference. (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section the division of medical assistance will not pay for more than a total of eight days for a recipient for all hospitalizations in any 12 consecutive month period. (c) In this section

(1) “hospitalization” includes room, board, and charges for ancillary services;

(2) “ancillary services” include pharmacy, medical and surgical supplies, laboratory, radiology, respiratory services, physical therapy, and operating room services. (Eff. 11/20/94, Register 132) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.25.130

AS 47.25.120 AS 47.25.170 Editor’s note: