SECTION 317:30-5-336.5. Levels of ambulance service, ambulance fee schedule and base rate

(a)   In accordance with the Oklahoma Emergency Response System Development Act of 2005, §63 OS 1-2503, a license may be issued for basic life support, intermediate life support, paramedic life support, specialized mobile intensive care units, or stretcher aid vans.

(b)   Payment is made at the lower of the provider's usual and customary charge or the OHCA fee schedule for SoonerCare compensable services.

(1)   The ambulance provider bills one base rate procedure. Levels of service base rates are defined at 42 CFR 414.605.

(2)   The base rate must reflect the level of service rendered, not the type of vehicle in which the member was transported.

[Source: Added at 24 Ok Reg 601, eff 12-21-06 (emergency); Added at 24 Ok Reg 920, eff 5-11-07; Amended at 26 Ok Reg 261, eff 12-1-08 (emergency); Amended at 26 Ok Reg 1065, eff 5-11-09; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1164, eff 7-1-13]