Payment will be approved for all medically necessary services and supplies provided by the physician including services rendered in the physician's office or clinic, the home, in a hospital, nursing home or elsewhere.
Payment shall be made for all services rendered by a doctor of medicine or osteopathy within the scope of this practice and the limitations of state law subject to the following limitations and exclusions:
Direct personal supervision outside the office setting, such as the member's home, hospital, emergency room, or nursing facility, means the physician must be present in the same room as the auxiliary person.
Advanced registered nurse practitioners certified under board of nursing rules in 655-Chapter 7 performing services within their scope of practice are exempt from the direct personal supervision requirement for the purpose of reimbursement to the employing physicians. In these exempted circumstances, the employing physicians must still provide general supervision and be available to provide immediate needed assistance by telephone. Advanced registered nurse practitioners who prescribe drugs and medical devices are subject to the guidelines in effect for physicians as specified in rule 441-78.1 (249A).
A physician assistant licensed under board of physician assistants' professional licensure rules in 645-Chapters 326 to 329 is exempt from the direct personal supervision requirement except as expressly required by Iowa Code chapter 148C or required by rules in 645-Chapters 326 to 329. A physician shall be accessible at all times for consultation with a physician assistant unless the physician assistant is providing emergency medical services pursuant to 645-paragraph 327.1(2)"n." Physician assistants who prescribe drugs and medical devices are subject to the guidelines in effect for physicians as specified in rule 441-78.1 (249A).
Liver transplants require preprocedure review by the IME medical services unit. (Cross references 78.1(19) and 78.28(1)"f")
Covered liver transplants are payable only when performed in a facility that meets the requirements of 78.3(10).
Heart transplants, heart-lung transplants, artificial hearts, and ventricular assist devices described above require preprocedure review by the IME medical services unit. (Cross references 78.1(19) and 78.28(1)"f") Covered heart transplants are payable only when performed in a facility that meets the requirements of 78.3(10).
* A history of frequent, acute, and severe metabolic complications (e.g., hypoglycemia, hyperglycemia, or ketoacidosis) requiring medical attention.
* Clinical problems with exogenous insulin therapy that are so severe as to be incapacitating.
* Consistent failure of insulin-based management to prevent acute complications.
The pancreas transplants listed under this subparagraph require preprocedure review by the IME medical services unit. (Cross references 78.1(19) and 78.28(1)"f")
Covered transplants are payable only when performed in a facility that meets the requirements of 78.3(10).
Transplantation of islet cells or partial pancreatic tissue is not covered.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 249A.4.
Iowa Admin. Code r. 441-78.1