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(d) Subject to the applicable provisions of 7 AAC 120.200 — 7 AAC 120.399, a provider enrolled under 7 AAC 105.210 as a durable medical equipment provider may request payment for the purchase or rental of durable medical equipment for a recipient in a skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility if the purchase or rental is medically necessary for the recipient’s preparation for discharge or for the actual discharge to home. A rental or purchase must be arranged not earlier than 30 days before the scheduled discharge and will be authorized only if the equipment is not provided by the skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility. The department may pay for trial use of rental equipment necessary for preparing a recipient for discharge. (e) Subject to the applicable provisions of 7 AAC 120.200 — 7 AAC 120.399, a provider enrolled under 7 AAC 105.210 as a durable medical equipment provider may request payment for home infusion therapy services if the services are

(1) ordered by a physician, a physician assistant, or an advanced practice registered nurse;

(2) reviewed at least every 60 days by the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse to determine the ongoing medical need for the service; and

(3) appropriate for use in the recipient’s home, school, or community. (f) If a home infusion therapy provider is also providing skilled nursing visits ordered by the physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice registered nurse under (e) of this section, those skilled nursing visits for home infusion therapy must be provided in the recipient’s home, except that the department will pay a home infusion therapy provider

(1) for one skilled nursing visit for catheter insertion and recipient instruction at

(A) a hospital on the day of discharge from the hospital;

(B) a hospital one day before the day of discharge from the hospital; or

(C) one of the following on the day of surgery: