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Title 7 . Health and Social Services
Chapter 7 . Assistance for Community Health Facilities
Section 12. Independent diagnostic and testing facilities

7 AAC 07.012. Independent diagnostic and testing facilities

(a) In determining the amount of an expenditure under 7 AAC 07.010 for an independent diagnostic testing facility, if the facility is freestanding, the entire facility is considered for purposes of each applicable component set out in 7 AAC 07.010(a) . If the facility is located in a building that houses one or more other activities, regardless of whether any of those activities is health-care related, when considering each applicable component, only the space associated with the diagnostic testing equipment is considered in determining the amount of an expenditure associated with space.

(b) For purposes of AS 18.07.111 and this section, "independent diagnostic testing facility" means a fixed-location facility or mobile facility that

(1) performs diagnostic testing using major diagnostic testing equipment; for purposes of this paragraph, "major diagnostic testing equipment" means

(A) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) equipment;

(B) a cardiac catheterization laboratory and related imaging equipment;

(C) ultrasound imaging equipment;

(D) a positron emission tomography (PET) scanner;

(E) a computed tomography (CT) scanner; or

(F) a positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scanner; and

(2) is, or would be, required to enroll as an independent diagnostic testing facility for purposes of Medicare or Medicaid reimbursement under 42 C.F.R. 410.33.

History: Eff. 1/11/2006, Register 177

Authority: AS 18.07.031

AS 18.07.101

AS 18.07.111


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