Administrative Rules of the State of Montana

(1) The department pays the lower of the following reimbursement rates for transportation services:

(a) the provider's actual submitted charge; or

(b) the department's Personal Transportation and Per Diem Fee Schedule.

(2) The department adopts and incorporates by reference the department's Personal Transportation Fee Schedule effective July 2006 which sets forth the reimbursement rates for transportation, per diem, and other Medicaid services. A copy of the department's fee schedule 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) No payment is available for personal vehicle mileage or per diem costs that total less than $5 in a calendar month.

(4) Reimbursement for transportation and per diem may not exceed the reimbursement as calculated and specified by the department in the prior authorization.

(5) Mileage for transportation in a personally owned vehicle is reimbursed at the rate of $.13 per mile.

History: 53-2-201, 53-6-113, MCA; IMP, 53-6-101, 53-6-113, 53-6-141, MCA; NEW, 1980 MAR p. 1190, Eff. 4/11/80; AMD, 1980 MAR p. 1787, Eff. 6/27/80; AMD, 1981 MAR p. 559, Eff. 6/12/81; AMD, 1981 MAR p. 1976, Eff. 1/1/82; AMD, 1982 MAR p. 1289, Eff. 7/1/82; AMD, 1987 MAR p. 161, Eff. 2/14/87; AMD, 1987 MAR p. 907, Eff. 7/1/87; AMD, 1995 MAR p. 1218, Eff. 7/1/95; AMD, 1998 MAR p. 2168, Eff. 8/14/98; AMD, 1999 MAR p. 1379, Eff. 7/1/99; TRANS, from SRS, 2000 MAR p. 481; AMD, 2000 MAR p. 1664, Eff. 6/30/00; AMD, 2001 MAR p. 1183, Eff. 7/6/01; EMERG, AMD, 2002 MAR p. 2665, Eff. 9/27/02; AMD, 2003 MAR p. 999, Eff. 5/9/03; EMERG, AMD, 2003 MAR p. 1314, Eff. 7/1/03; AMD, 2006 MAR p. 1894, Eff. 7/28/06.