Code of Federal Regulations Title 42. Public Health § 42.441.17 Laboratory services

(a) The plan must provide for payment of laboratory services as defined in § 440.30 of this subchapter if provided by—

(b) Except as provided under paragraph (c), if a laboratory or other entity is requesting payment under Medicaid for testing for the presence of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody or for the isolation and identification of the HIV causative agent as described in part 493 of this chapter, the laboratory records must contain the name and other identification of the person from whom the specimen was taken.

(c) An agency may choose to approve the use of alternative identifiers, in place of the requirement for patient's name, in paragraph (b) of this section for HIV antibody or causative agent testing of Medicaid beneficiaries.