SECTION 317:30-3-59. General program exclusions - adults

  The following are excluded from SoonerCare coverage for adults:

(1)   Inpatient admission for diagnostic studies that could be performed on an outpatient basis.

(2)   Services or any expense incurred for cosmetic surgery.

(3)   Services of two physicians for the same type of service to the same member on the same day, except when supplemental skills are required and different specialties are involved.

(4)   Refractions and visual aids.

(5)   Pre-operative care within 24 hours of the day of admission for surgery and routine post-operative care as defined under the global surgery guidelines promulgated by Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

(6)   Sterilization of members who are under 21 years of age, mentally incompetent, or institutionalized or reversal of sterilization procedures for the purposes of conception.

(7)   Non-therapeutic hysterectomies.

(8)   Induced abortions, except when certified in writing by a physician that the abortion was necessary due to a physical disorder, injury or illness, including a life-endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed, or that the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. (Refer to OAC 317:30-5-6 or 317:30-5-50.)

(9)   Medical services considered experimental or investigational.

(10)   Services of a Certified Surgical Assistant.

(11)   Services of a Chiropractor. Payment is made for Chiropractor services on Crossover claims for coinsurance and/or deductible only.

(12)   Services of an independent licensed Physical and/or Occupational Therapist.

(13)   Services of a Psychologist.

(14)   Services of an independent licensed Speech and Hearing Therapist.

(15)   Payment for more than four outpatient visits per month (home or office) per member, except those visits in connection with family planning or related to emergency medical conditions.

(16)   Payment for more than two nursing facility visits per month.

(17)   More than one inpatient visit per day per physician.

(18)   Payment for removal of benign skin lesions.

(19)   Physician services which are administrative in nature and not a direct service to the member including such items as quality assurance, utilization review, treatment staffing, tumor board review or multidisciplinary opinion, dictation, and similar functions.

(20)   Charges for completion of insurance forms, abstracts, narrative reports or telephone calls.

(21)   Payment for the services of social workers, licensed family counselors, registered nurses or other ancillary staff, except as specifically set out in OHCA rules.

(22)   Mileage.

(23)   A routine hospital visit on the date of discharge unless the member expired.

(24)   Direct payment to perfusionist as this is considered part of the hospital reimbursement.

(25)   Inpatient chemical dependency treatment.

(26)   Fertility treatment.

(27)   Payment to the same physician for both an outpatient visit and admission to hospital on the same date.

(28)   Sleep studies.

[Source: Added at 12 Ok Reg 751, eff 1-5-95 through 7-14-95 (emergency); Added at 12 Ok Reg 3131, eff 7-27-95; Amended at 14 Ok Reg 3077, eff 7-1-97 (emergency); Amended at 15 Ok Reg 1528, eff 5-11-98; Amended at 15 Ok Reg 4194, eff 7-20-98 (emergency); Amended at 16 Ok Reg 1429, eff 5-27-99; Amended at 16 Ok Reg 3413, eff 7-1-99 (emergency); Amended at 17 Ok Reg 2373, eff 6-26-00; Amended at 17 Ok Reg 3469, eff 8-1-00 (emergency); Amended at 18 Ok Reg 2566, eff 6-25-01; Amended at 20 Ok Reg 1924, eff 6-26-03; Amended at 21 Ok Reg 501, eff 1-1-04 (emergency); Amended at 21 Ok Reg 2176, eff 6-25-04; Amended at 23 Ok Reg 239, eff 10-3-05 (emergency); Amended at 23 Ok Reg 2487, eff 6-25-06; Amended at 24 Ok Reg 141, eff 10-8-16 (emergency); Amended at 24 Ok Reg 890, eff 5-11-07; Amended at 25 Ok Reg 112, eff 10-1-07 (emergency); Amended at 25 Ok Reg 1192, eff 5-25-08; Amended at 27 Ok Reg 294, eff 11-3-09 (emergency); Amended at 27 Ok Reg 1439, eff 6-11-10; Amended at 28 Ok Reg 1412, eff 6-25-11; Amended at 32 Ok Reg 721, eff 7-1-15 (emergency); Amended at 33 Ok Reg 801, eff 9-1-16]