Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XVII. Economic Security and Public Welfare § 205.6314.Review of reimbursement rates for emergency transportation providers; promulgation of administrative regulations relating to emergency transportation providers

(1) Prescribe reimbursement rates for emergency transportation providers to ensure that emergency rates are paid only for transporting medical assistance recipients to the emergency room of a hospital in emergency situations;

(2) Establish, in nonemergency cases, lower medical assistance reimbursement rates for emergency transportation providers for the transportation of stretcher patients from nursing homes to physician offices or hospitals; and

(3) Establish a verification system that requires medical providers to confirm that medical assistance recipients have appointments for medical services and that medical services were medically necessary and were obtained prior to payment by the cabinet to the emergency transportation provider.