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from riding in the same seat as the escort;

(3) transportation for a recipient who is an inpatient in a general acute care hospital and who is being transported to another location to receive medical services if the recipient remains a recipient in the general acute care hospital while absent and is to be returned to the general acute care hospital;

(4) except as provided in 7 AAC 120.415(a), transportation for a recipient or an authorized escort to travel to receive services from a provider that is not enrolled as a Medicaid provider under 7 AAC 105 — 7 AAC 160 at the time the travel occurs, unless the provider is a military or veterans’ facility;

(5) transportation and accommodations on weekends if

(A) travel on a weekday would shorten the length of the trip;

(B) the department did not give prior authorization for the weekend travel; or

(C) the weekend travel is not medically necessary;

(6) separate accommodations for a recipient and escort, unless the department determines that the circumstances warrant separate accommodations. (d) The department will pay for nonemergency ground ambulance services if it is warranted by the recipient’s medical condition. Nonemergency ground ambulance services are paid at an all-inclusive rate established by the department. The department will not make an additional payment for oxygen or other basic support items associated with the travel by nonemergency ground ambulance services. (e) The department will not reimburse a recipient for transportation and accommodation services paid for by the recipient or by an individual or entity on behalf of the recipient. (Eff. 2/1/2010, Register 193; am 5/1/2016, Register 218; am 7/1/2020, Register 234) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.07.030 AS 47.07.040 7 AAC 120.410. Nonemergency transportation services. (a) The department will pay for the least expensive mode of nonemergency transportation to and from an appointment with the closest appropriate provider for a recipient if the