The Alabama Medicaid Agency will pay for services provided by independent laboratories that are enrolled by contract under the following conditions:

1. (1) The services must be medically necessary.
2. (2) The patient must be eligible for Medicaid at the time the services are rendered.

Author: James F. Adams, Sheila G. Dunbar, Debra Moore

Statutory Authority: State Plan; Title XIX, Social Security Act; 42 C.F.R. §440.30.

History: Rule effective October 1, 1982. Amended effective June 5, 1983; July 9, 1984.Emergency rule effective October 15, 1990. Amended effective January 15, 1991. Amended:Filed September 8, 1998; effective October 13, 1998.