Section 405IAC5-24-9. Food supplements, nutritional supplements, and infant formulas

   (a) Food supplements, nutritional supplements, and infant formulas are covered only when no other means of nutrition is feasible or reasonable. Prior authorization for these items is required. Approval is subject to the following criteria:

(1) The feasibility or reasonableness of other means of nutrition, as documented by the requesting practitioner, and as determined by the office's contractor on a case-by-case basis.

(2) Authorization will not be granted when convenience of the member or the member's caretaker is the primary reason for the request for the service.

(3) Coverage is not available in cases of routine or ordinary nutritional needs.

(4) Coverage is not available in cases in which the item is to be used for other than nutritional purposes.

(5) In a long term care facility setting, costs for these products, when utilized either for nutritional supplementation or as the sole source of nutrition for the resident, are included in the facility's established per diem rate. When these products are furnished to a long term care facility resident, they are not separately reimbursable by Medicaid and are not to be billed separately to Medicaid by either the long term care facility or another provider furnishing the products.

  (b) Hyperalimentation and total parenteral nutritional products do not require prior authorization. These products may be separately billed to Medicaid for residents of long term care facilities. (Office of the Secretary of Family and Social Services; 405 IAC 5-24-9; filed Jul 25, 1997, 4:00 p.m.: 20 IR 3346; readopted filed Jun 27, 2001, 9:40 a.m.: 24 IR 3822; readopted filed Sep 19, 2007, 12:16 p.m.: 20071010-IR-405070311RFA; readopted filed Oct 28, 2013, 3:18 p.m.: 20131127-IR-405130241RFA; filed Aug 1, 2016, 3:44 p.m.: 20160831-IR-405150418FRA)