55 Pa. Code § 1245.2

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 25, June 22, 2024
Section 1245.2 - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

ALS-Advanced Life Support-Services provided for life-threatening situations.

Appropriate medical facility-A clinic, rural health clinic, hospital, skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility which participates in the MA Program.

BLS-Basic Life Support-Services provided for emergency or nonemergency situations.

Clinic-An independent or hospital operated facility enrolled in the MA Program which is designed to provide preventative diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative or palliative services on an outpatient basis.

General public-Patients other than MA recipients.

Incapacitated-Incapable of sitting, standing or perambulating.

Medical service-A covered service as specified in Chapter 1101 (relating to general provisions).

Mileage-The distance traveled from the point of departure of the ambulance to the point of destination and the return to the point of departure.

Physician's office-A site designated for the sole purpose of providing physicians' services to outpatients. This includes a private physician's office located at a hospital or other medical facility.

Specialized services-Interfacility transportation of critical care patients such as neonatal, prenatal or cardiac patients provided by ALS units.

55 Pa. Code § 1245.2

The provisions of this 1245.2 adopted October 31, 1980, effective 11/1/1980, 10 Pa.B. 4257; amended October 18, 1991, effective 10/19/1991 and apply retroactively to August 1, 1989, 21 Pa.B. 4951.