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ordered additional infusion therapy services to continue in the home. (g) 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 medically necessary medical supplies or respiratory therapy assessment visits furnished to a recipient who is receiving hospice care services, if the supplies or assessment visits are

(1) ordered by a physician as part of a written hospice plan of care under 7 AAC 140.275 and the physician reviews the recipient’s continuing medical need for the supplies or visits; and

(2) appropriate for use in the recipient’s home, school, or community. (h) 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 dispensing the following covered items described by a national drug code (NDC) listed on the Alaska Medicaid DMEPOS Fee Schedule, Tables I-5 through I-9, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 160.900, up to the maximum allowable quantities and amounts described on that fee schedule if the item is medically necessary due to a medical condition resulting in bladder or bowel incontinence:

(1) skin sealant;

(2) skin protectant;

(3) skin moisturizer;

(4) skin ointment;

(5) skin cleanser;

(6) skin sanitizer. (i) A provider enrolled under 7 AAC 105.210 as a durable medical equipment provider may request payment for the reasonable and necessary direct costs of delivery or shipping of durable medical equipment, medical supplies, prefabricated off-the-shelf orthotics, or home infusion therapy pharmaceutical products incurred by the dispensing provider when using the most cost-effective means; to be eligible for payment, the following conditions must apply:

(1) the recipient resides outside the municipality where the business of the enrolled dispensing provider is located;

(2) the item or service is unavailable from a provider enrolled under this section in the municipality where the recipient resides;

(3) if for shipping a home infusion pharmaceutical product, the cost of the shipping by means of the most cost-effective method exceeds 40 percent of the sum of the per diem rate for the number of days represented in the shipment;

(4) the item shipping from the manufacturer to the provider is durable medical equipment or replacement parts that are specialized or unique to a recipient’s equipment and for which the