(a) The department will pay for air ambulance services only if
- (1) the recipient is being transferred to another community to receive a medically necessary higher level of care not available in the recipient's community; and
- (2) the patient is accompanied by appropriately credentialed medical personnel.
- (b) If a recipient needs to travel to another community to receive a lower level of care and is unable to travel on a commercial airline, the department may authorize transportation in a air ambulance, but will only pay the provider for the lift-off fee at the point of patient pickup.
- (c) The department will not pay for an authorized escort under 7 AAC 120.430 to accompany a recipient on an air ambulance flight.
(Eff. 2/1/2010, Register 193)
Authority: AS 47.05.010, AS 47.07.030, AS 47.07.040