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7 AAC 145.440. Transportation and accommodation services payment rates. (a) The department will pay for transportation and accommodation services in accordance with 7 AAC 145.020, not to exceed the maximum amount identified in the Transportation/Accommodation Fee Schedule table, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 160.900. For state fiscal year 2020, the payment rates will be 95 percent of the state fiscal year 2019 payment rates. The services paid at 100 percent of billed charges during state fiscal year 2019, will continue to be paid at 100 percent of billed charges during state fiscal year 2020. (b) The department will pay for air ambulance services under (a) of this section with the following limitations:

(1) payment for mileage will be based on patient-loaded statute miles from the point of patient pick-up to the destination city;

(2) the point of patient pick-up determines whether the air ambulance is paid at urban or rural rates as provided in the Transportation/Accommodation Fee Scheduletable, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 160.900;

(3) if a flight included multiple patients, the department will split the cost of the flight among the occupants if all patients are not Medicaid recipients;

(4) if a flight includes multiple patients and all patients are Medicaid recipients, the department will pay the appropriate rate established in (a) of this section for the first recipient and a flat rate of $500 for each additional recipient;

(5) if a patient dies while the air ambulance is en route to the pick-up location, the department will pay the ambulance at the base-rate, lift-off fee only. (c) The department will pay for charter air services under (a) of this section with the following limitations:

(1) payment may not exceed the maximum rate that would have been payable to an air ambulance service to transport the same recipient to the same location;

(2) the cost of the charter flight will be evenly divided among the number of passengers on the flight. (d) In this section, “ambulance” has the meaning given in 7 AAC 120.490. (Eff. 2/1/2010, Register 193; am 7/1/2019, Register 231) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.07.030 AS 47.07.040

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(1) payment for mileage will be based on patient-loaded statute miles from the point of patient pick-up to the destination city;

(3) if a flight included multiple patients, the department will split the cost of the flight among the occupants if all patients are not Medicaid recipients;

(1) payment may not exceed the maximum rate that would have been payable to an air ambulance service to transport the same recipient to the same location;