441—78.30 (249A) Birth centers. Payment will be made for prenatal, delivery, and postnatal services. Risk assessments, using Form 470-2942, Medicaid Prenatal Risk Assessment, shall be completed twice during a Medicaid recipient’s pregnancy. If the risk assessment reflects a high-risk pregnancy, referral shall be made for enhanced services. (See description of enhanced services at subrule 78.25(3).)
Birth centers which wish to administer vaccines which are available through the vaccines for children program to Medicaid eligibles shall enroll in the vaccines for children program. In lieu of payment, vaccines available through the vaccines for children program shall be accessed from the department of public health for Medicaid eligibles. Birth centers shall receive reimbursement for the administration of vaccines to Medicaid recipients.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section 249A.4.