7 Alaska Admin. Code § 110.455

Current through September 25, 2024

Section 7 AAC 110.455 - Physician assistant enrollment and services

(a) For the department to provide payment under 7 AAC 145.200, a physician assistant who furnishes services directly to a recipient in the state must separately enroll with the department as a rendering provider under 7 AAC 105.210 and

(1) unless the physician assistant is a federal employee described in 7 AAC 105.200(c), must

(A) have an active license to practice in the state as a physician assistant under 12 AAC 40.400 - 12 AAC 40.405;

(B) submit a copy of the collaborative plan with the supervising physician required under 12 AAC 40.410; and

(C) notify the department of any changes to the collaborative plan by submitting a copy of the new plan;

(2) if the physician assistant is a federal employee described in 7 AAC 105.200(c), must

(A) submit a copy of the collaborative plan with the supervising physician, if a collaborative plan is required by the physician assistant's licensing jurisdiction; and

(B) notify the department of any changes to the collaborative plan by submitting a copy of the new plan.

(b) For the department to provide payment under 7 AAC 145.200, a physician assistant who furnishes services directly to a recipient out of state must separately enroll with the department as a rendering provider under 7 AAC 105.210 and must

(1) have an active license to practice in the jurisdiction in which the service is provided unless the physician assistant is a federal employee described in 7 AAC 105.200(c);

(2) provide a copy of the collaborative plan with the supervising physician, if a collaborative plan is required by the physician assistant's licensing jurisdiction;

(3) provide proof of enrollment in the Medicaid program in the jurisdiction in which the service is provided or documentation from that jurisdiction that physician assistants are not enrolled as Medicaid providers in that jurisdiction; and

(4) notify the department of any changes to the collaborative plan by submitting a copy of the new plan.

(c) The department will pay for the services of a physician assistant acting as a surgical assistant under 7 AAC 110.450.

7 AAC 110.455

Eff. 2/1/2010, Register 193

Authority:AS 47.05.010

AS 47.07.030

AS 47.07.040