(1) Reimbursement for an EPSDT service, except as otherwise provided in this rule, is the lowest of the following:

(a) the provider's usual and customary charge for the service;

(b) the reimbursement determined in accordance with the methodologies provided in ARM 37.85.212 and 37.86.105;

(c) the department's Medicaid Mental Health Fee Schedule, except for the by-report method; or

(d) for public agencies, cost based reimbursement as determined in accordance with OMB Circular A-87, Cost Principles for State, Local and Indian Tribal Governments as established and approved by the department. The department adopts and incorporates by reference the OMB Circular A-87, Cost Principles for State, Local and Indian Tribal Governments, as further amended May 14, 2004. A copy of OMB Circular A-87 may be obtained from the Department of Public Health and Human Services, Health Resources Division, 1400 Broadway, P.O. Box 202951, Helena, MT 59620-2951.

(2) Reimbursement for nutrition and private duty nursing services is specified in the department's fee schedule. The department adopts and incorporates by reference the department's private duty nursing services EPSDT Fee Schedule dated August 2011 and the nutrition EPSDT Fee Schedule dated August 2011. The fee schedules are posted at http://medicaidprovider.hhs.mt.gov. Reimbursement for outpatient chemical dependency treatment is outlined in ARM 37.27.912. A copy of the Nutrition and Private Duty Nursing Services Fee Schedules may be obtained from the Department of Public Health and Human Services, Health Resources Division, 1400 Broadway, P.O. Box 202951, Helena, MT 59620-2951.

(3) A service for which a fee is not set in or determinable through the EPSDT provider manual, ARM 37.85.212 or 37.86.105 is reimbursed at a fee negotiated in advance of the provision of the service. A service provided before there is a negotiated fee is reimbursed at an amount determined by the department.

(4) Reimbursements for school-based health related services are specified in the School-Based Health Service Fee Schedule. A copy of the School-Based Health Service Fee Schedule is posted at http://medicaidprovider.hhs.mt.gov. Rates are adjusted to reimburse these services at the federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) rate.

(5) Information regarding current reimbursement or copies of fee schedules for EPSDT services may be obtained from the Department of Public Health and Human Services, Health Resources Division, 1400 Broadway, P.O. Box 202951, Helena, MT 59620-2951.