- (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)
Authority: AS 47.05.010, AS 47.07.030, AS 47.07.070