- (1) When appropriate free transportation is available.
- (2) any travel when the Medicaid recipient is not an occupant of the vehicle unless that would be the most economical transportation available;
- (3) meals and lodging for volunteer drivers;
- (4) the use of supplies such as oxygen, intravenous fluids, etc.;
- (5) transportation for any services other than those covered by Medicaid;
- (6) transportation provided after the death of a Medicaid recipient;
- (7) minibus or wheelchair van travel outside a 30-mile radius of the state boundary;
- (8) services for which prior approval is required but not obtained; and
- (9) services are not medically necessary or which are not provided in compliance with the provision of this chapter.
Author: Dorothy Powell, Associate Director, Non-Emergency Transportation Program
Statutory Authority: State Plan; 42 C.F.R. §431.53; Title XIX, Social Security Act.
History: New Rule: Filed February 7, 1996; effective March 14, 1996. Amended: Filed August 11, 2010; effective September 15, 2010.