- (1) Nurse practitioners who are certified by the appropriate national organization as a family nurse practitioner, pediatric nurse practitioner, women’s health care practitioner, or neonatal nurse practitioner are eligible to participate in the Alabama Medicaid Program.
- (2) A nurse practitioner who is employed by and reimbursed by a facility that receives reimbursement from the Alabama Medicaid Program for services provided by the nurse practitioner (i.e. hospital, rural health clinic, etc.) may not enroll, if their services are already being paid through that facility's cost report.
Author: Elizabeth Huckabee, Associate Director, Medical Services
Statutory Authority: State Plan; Attachment 3.1A, Section 6405 Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-239); Title XIX, Social Security Act.
History: Emergency rule effective May 22, 1991. Permanent rule effective September 11, 1991. Amended: Filed December 9, 2010; effective May 13, 2011. Amended: Filed August 9, 2019; effective September 23, 2019.