Section He-W 534.01 - Definitions(a) "Advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) " means a registered nurse currently licensed by the New Hampshire board of nursing under RSA 326-B:18 or, in states other than New Hampshire, a registered professional nurse practitioner who, in accordance with 42 CFR 440.166, meets that state's advanced educational and clinical practice requirements, if any, beyond the 2 to 4 years of basic nursing education required of all registered nurses.(b) "Current procedural terminology (CPT) code" means a unique identifying code in the field of medical nomenclature and designated by USDHHS as the national coding standard utilized in government and private health insurance programs for reporting medical services and procedures.(c) "Department" means the New Hampshire department of health and human services.(d) "Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) " means a standardized coding system used by Medicare that describes services and procedures. HCPCS includes CPT codes that are used primarily to identify products, supplies, and services not included in the normal CPT code list, such as ambulance services and durable medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies (DMEPOS), when used outside a physician's office.(e) "Medicaid" means the Title XIX and Title XXI programs administered by the department, which makes medical assistance available to eligible individuals.(f) "Recipient" means any individual who is eligible for and receiving medical assistance under the medicaid program.(g) "Title XIX" means the joint federal-state program described in Title XIX of the Social Security Act and administered in New Hampshire by the department under the medicaid program.(h) "Title XXI" means the joint federal-state program described in Title XXI of the Social Security Act and administered in New Hampshire by the department under the medicaid program.N.H. Admin. Code § He-W 534.01
(See Revision Note at chapter heading He-W 500); ss by #4793, eff 3-30-90, EXPIRED: 3-30-96
New. #6701, eff 2-28-98, EXPIRES: 2-28-05; ss by #8574, eff 2-24-06; amd by #10139, eff 7-1-12; ss by #10512, eff 1-24-14