Section 405IAC5-30-5. Ambulance services

   Medicaid reimbursement is available for medically necessary emergency and nonemergency ambulance services subject to the following:

(1) Medicaid will reimburse both basic and advanced life support emergency ambulance services; however, advanced life support ambulance services are covered only when such level of service is medically necessary, and a basic emergency ambulance is not appropriate due to the medical condition of the member being transported.

(2) Medicaid reimbursement is available for specialized neonatal ambulance services used exclusively for interhospital transfers of high risk and premature infants only when the member has been discharged from one (1) hospital for the purpose of admission to another hospital and only when such neonatal ambulances are recognized by emergency medical services.

(3) Ambulance services are subject to maximum allowable fees. Medicaid reimbursement is available for the following ambulance services:

(A) Loading fee.

(B) Loaded mileage, which shall be paid for each mile of the trip.

(C) Oxygen.

(D) Waiting time, except for the first thirty (30) minutes, and only when the trip exceeds fifty (50) miles one (1) way and prior authorization has been obtained from the Medicaid contractor.

(Office of the Secretary of Family and Social Services; 405 IAC 5-30-5; filed Jul 25, 1997, 4:00 p.m.: 20 IR 3359; 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)