Administrative Rules of the State of Montana

(1) The department pays the lower of the following for specialized nonemergency medical transportation services:

(a) the provider's usual and customary charge; or

(b) the department's fee schedule.

(2) The department hereby adopts and incorporates by reference the department's fee schedule dated July 2003 which sets forth the reimbursement rates for specialized nonemergency medical transportation services and other medicaid services. A copy of the department's fee schedule may be obtained from the Department of Public Health and Human Services, Health Resources Division, 1400 Broadway, P.O. Box 202951, Helena, MT 59620-2951.

History: 53-2-201, 53-6-113, MCA; IMP, 53-6-101, 53-6-113, 53-6-141, MCA; NEW, 1980 MAR p. 1190, Eff. 4/11/80; AMD, 1981 MAR p. 559, Eff. 6/12/81; AMD, 1981 MAR p. 1975, Eff. 1/1/82; AMD, 1982 MAR p. 1289, Eff. 7/1/82; AMD, 1989 MAR p. 2254, Eff. 12/22/89; AMD, 1990 MAR p. 1479, Eff. 7/27/90; AMD, 1995 MAR p. 1218, Eff. 7/1/95; AMD, 1998 MAR p. 2168, Eff. 8/14/98; AMD, 1999 MAR p. 1379, Eff. 7/1/99; TRANS, from SRS, 2000 MAR p. 481; AMD, 2000 MAR p. 1664, Eff. 6/30/00; AMD, 2001 MAR p. 1183, Eff. 7/6/01; EMERG, AMD, 2002 MAR p. 2665, Eff. 9/27/02; AMD, 2003 MAR p. 1200, Eff. 6/13/03; AMD, 2003 MAR p. 1314, Eff. 7/1/03.