130 CMR, § 415.408

Current through Register 1536, December 6, 2024
Section 415.408 - Nonpayable Services

The following are not payable:

(A) drugs and durable medical equipment prescribed for take-home use that are readily available from pharmacies or medical providers;
(B) the cost of any treatment or testing provided to a member who is an inpatient at another hospital, whether of the member or of a specimen from the member. Payment will be made to the hospital where the member is an inpatient and not to the provider where this treatment or testing occurs;
(C) leaves of absence;
(D) research or the provision of experimental, unproven, cosmetic, or otherwise medically unnecessary procedures or treatments;
(E) cosmetic surgery;
(F) the provision of whole blood (however, administrative and processing costs associated with the provision of blood and its derivatives are reimbursable);
(G) private hospital rooms, except when the member is being treated for an infectious disease that requires a private room, or in other circumstances in which a private room would be medically necessary; and
(H) the treatment of male or female infertility (including, but not limited to, laboratory tests, drugs, and procedures associated with such treatment); however, MassHealth does pay for the diagnosis of male or female infertility.

130 CMR, § 415.408

Amended by Mass Register Issue 1270, eff. 9/26/2014.
Amended by Mass Register Issue S1277, eff. 1/2/2015.