130 CMR, § 410.459

Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
Section 410.459 - Laboratory Services: Specimen Referral

A hospital outpatient department may refer a specimen to an independent laboratory that is eligible to participate in MassHealth, or to another hospital laboratory that is eligible to participate in MassHealth. To be eligible, a hospital laboratory must be in a hospital that is licensed by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and that is an approved Medicare provider. The referring hospital outpatient department laboratory must inform the prescriber of the name and address of the testing laboratory. The testing laboratory must inform the referring hospital outpatient department laboratory of the results of the test. Only the referring laboratory is authorized to bill the MassHealth agency.

130 CMR, § 410.459

Amended by Mass Register Issue 1344, eff. 7/28/2017.
Amended by Mass Register Issue 1461, eff. 1/21/2022.