- (1) Ophthalmologists and optometrists are required to collect and it is the Medicaid recipient's responsibility to pay the designated co-payment amount for each service rendered. This requirement includes patients with Medicare.
- (2) Exceptions to the copayment requirement are listed in Rule 560-X-1-.25.
- (3) A provider may not deny services to any eligible individual on account of the individual's inability to pay the co-payment amount.
Author: Jacquelyn King, Program Manager; Medical Support
Statutory Authority: State Plan, Attachment 4.18-A; 42 C.F.R.
§§447.55.
History: Rule effective June 8, 1985. Amended: Filed January 17, 2012; effective February 21, 2012.