Section 7 AAC 140.810 - Free-standing birth center services and payment conditions(a) The department will pay for the use of a free-standing birth center under this section in accordance with the payment rate established in 7 AAC 145.680. (b) The department will pay for the use of a free-standing birth center under 7 AAC 145.680 only when a delivery occurs at the facility. The department will not pay for labor-only services. (c) Newborn care is considered a component of labor and delivery services provided by a free-standing birth center and may not be billed separately. (d) For purposes of billing for free-standing birth center services, the date of service is the date of delivery. (e) Nurse midwife and direct-entry midwife services provided in a free-standing birth center are not payable to the center and must be billed separately.Eff. 5/1/2016, Register 218, July 2016Authority:AS 47.05.010
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