Library: Policy

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

Revised 7-1-13

(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.