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(5) sickle cell disease. (c) The department will pay for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), magnetic resonance angiogram (MRA), single-photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT), and positron emission tomography (PET) services that are provided on an outpatient basis and for which the department has given prior authorization. (Eff. 2/1/2010, Register 193; am 3/19/2014, Register 209) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.07.030 AS 47.07.040 7 AAC 110.445. Mental health services by a physician. (a) Subject to the limitations identified in this section, the department will pay for mental health services provided by a physician if those services are

(1) medically necessary;

(2) rendered directly by that physician; and

(3) specified in a treatment plan that meets the requirements of 7 AAC 135.120(a)(1) — (5) and (b). (b) The department will pay a psychiatrist for providing health care services in an inpatient psychiatric hospital, general acute care hospital, nursing facility, intermediate care facility for individuals with an intellectual disability or related condition, or residential psychiatric treatment center. (c) The department will not pay a physician for experimental therapy, nonmedical outpatient therapy, or nonmedical counseling, including any of the following services:

(1) repealed 9/1/2023;

(2) preparing of reports;

(3) narcosynthesis;

(4) socialization;

(5) recreation therapy;