Administrative Rules of the State of Montana

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37.86.2005 OPTOMETRIC SERVICES, REIMBURSEMENT

(1) Subject to the requirements of this rule, the Montana Medicaid Program pays the following for optometric services:

(a) For patients who are eligible for Medicaid, the lower of:

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

(ii) to address problems of access to optometric services, subject to funding, up to the level provided in ARM 37.85.105(3) of the reimbursement for allied services provided in accordance with the methodologies described in ARM 37.85.212.

History: 53-6-113, MCA; IMP, 53-6-101, 53-6-113, 53-6-141, MCA; NEW, 1980 MAR p. 1612, Eff. 6/13/80; AMD, 1981 MAR p. 559, Eff. 6/12/81; AMD, 1981 MAR p. 1975, Eff. 1/1/82; AMD, 1982 MAR p. 1289, Eff. 7/1/82; AMD, 1987 MAR p. 895, Eff. 7/1/87; AMD, 1988 MAR p. 758, Eff. 4/15/88; AMD, 1989 MAR p. 272, Eff. 3/1/89; AMD, 1989 MAR p. 859, Eff. 6/30/89; AMD, 1990 MAR p. 1479, Eff. 7/27/90; AMD, 1997 MAR p. 1269, Eff. 7/22/97; AMD, 1998 MAR p. 676, Eff. 3/13/98; TRANS, from SRS, 2000 MAR p. 481; AMD, 2001 MAR p. 1476, Eff. 8/10/01; AMD, 2001 MAR p. 2156, Eff. 10/26/01; AMD, 2009 MAR p. 1012, Eff. 7/1/09; AMD, 2013 MAR p. 1111, Eff. 7/1/13.