LD 1241
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LR 1344
Item 1

 
(1)__Medical, surgical, intensive and emergency care,
including organ transplants that improve patient
clinical status as measured by medical condition,
survival rates and other variables;

 
(2)__Rehabilitation for disease or injury but excluding
long-term, inpatient rehabilitation; and

 
(3)__Skilled nursing facility care required for
continued recovery after an acute inpatient
hospitalization but excluding supportive activities of
daily living care;

 
B.__Outpatient and ambulatory services, including coverage
of diagnostic, surgical and emergency care and excluding:

 
(1)__Nonemergent emergency room care;

 
(2)__Ambulance services determined not medically
necessary; and

 
(3)__Random health screenings for specific conditions
for which no risk factors or indicators exist;

 
C.__Professional services at all sites, including all
medically necessary professional services delivered by any
licensed, certified or registered health care practitioner
within the practitioner's legal scope of practice, with the
following exclusions:

 
(1)__Speech and occupational therapy for persons 5
years of age or older for chronic conditions;

 
(2)__Physical, occupational and speech therapy for
nonacute rehabilitation;

 
(3)__Vision care services other than the treatment of
disease or injury;

 
(4)__Counseling and health education services other
than those integral to the care of an individual as a
result of illness, injury or other health condition;

 
(5)__Chiropractic services provided as nonacute care;

 
(6)__Podiatry services other than the equivalents to
those provided by Medicare;


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