Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 23, June 8, 2024
Section 1101.66 - Payment for rendered, prescribed or ordered services(a) The Department pays for compensable services or items rendered, prescribed or ordered by a practitioner or provider if the service or item is:(1) Within the practitioner's scope of practice.(3) Not in an amount that exceeds the recipient's needs.(4) Not ordered or prescribed solely for the recipient's convenience.(5) Ordered with the recipient's knowledge.(b) Prescriptions and orders shall be written, except telephoned prescriptions addressed in subsection (c). The written prescriptions and orders shall contain the practitioner's:(3) Professional license number.(c) A practitioner may telephone a drug prescription to a pharmacist in accordance with the Pharmacy Act (63 P. S. §§ 390-1-390-13). The pharmacist shall: (1) Record the complete prescription on a standard prescription form.(2) Keep the recorded prescription on file.(d) The practitioner's signature on the prescription is waived only for a telephoned drug prescription.(e) Payment is not made for services or items rendered, prescribed or ordered by providers who have been terminated from the Medical Assistance program.The provisions of this § 1101.66 amended November 18, 1983, effective 11/19/1983, 13 Pa.B. 3653. This section cited in 55 Pa. Code § 1101.66a (relating to clarification of the terms "written" and "signature"-statement of policy).