DHS 107.06(1)(1)
Covered services. Physician services covered by the MA program are, except as otherwise limited in this chapter, any medically necessary diagnostic, preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative or palliative services provided in a physician's office, in a hospital, in a nursing home, in a recipient's residence or elsewhere, and performed by or under the direct supervision of a physician within the scope of the practice of medicine and surgery as defined in s.
448.01 (9), Stats. These services shall be in conformity with generally accepted good medical practice.
DHS 107.06(2)
(2) Services requiring prior authorization. The following physician services require prior authorization in order to be covered under the MA program:
DHS 107.06(2)(a)
(a) All covered physician services if provided out-of-state under non-emergency circumstances by a provider who does not have border status. Transportation to and from these services shall also require prior authorization, which shall be obtained by the transportation provider;
DHS 107.06(2)(b)
(b) All medical, surgical, or psychiatric services aimed specifically at weight control or reduction, and procedures to reverse the result of these services;
DHS 107.06(2)(c)
(c) Surgical or other medical procedures of questionable medical necessity but deemed advisable in order to correct conditions that may reasonably be assumed to significantly interfere with a recipient's personal or social adjustment or employability, an example of which is cosmetic surgery;
DHS 107.06(2)(e)
(e) Ligation of internal mammary arteries, unilateral or bilateral;
DHS 107.06(2)(f)
(f) Omentopexy for establishing collateral circulation in portal obstruction;
DHS 107.06(2)(g)3.
3. Nephropexy: fixation or suspension of kidney (independent procedure), unilateral;
DHS 107.06(2)(j)
(j) Supracervical hysterectomy, that is, subtotal hysterectomy, with or without removal of tubes or ovaries or both tubes and ovaries;
DHS 107.06(2)(k)
(k) Uterine suspension, with or without presacral sympathectomy;
DHS 107.06(2)(m)
(m) Hypogastric or presacral neurectomy as an independent procedure;
DHS 107.06(2)(n)2.
2. Fascia lata by incision and area exposure, with removal of sheet, when used as treatment for lower back pain;
DHS 107.06(2)(o)
(o) Ligation of femoral vein, unilateral and bilateral, when used as treatment for post-phlebitic syndrome;
DHS 107.06(2)(p)
(p) Excision of carotid body tumor without excision of carotid artery, or with excision of carotid artery, when used as treatment for asthma;
DHS 107.06(2)(q)
(q) Sympathectomy, thoracolumbar or lumbar, unilateral or bilateral, when used as treatment for hypertension;
DHS 107.06(2)(r)
(r) Splanchnicectomy, unilateral or bilateral, when used as treatment for hypertension;
DHS 107.06(2)(s)
(s) Bronchoscopy with injection of contrast medium for bronchography or with injection of radioactive substance;
DHS 107.06(2)(x)
(x) Phonocardiogram with interpretation and report, and with indirect carotid artery tracings or similar study;
DHS 107.06(2)(y)1.1. Angiocardiography, utilizing C02 method, supervision and interpretation only;
DHS 107.06(2)(y)2.
2. Angiocardiography, either single plane, supervision and interpretation in conjunction with cineradiography or multi-plane, supervision and interpretation in conjunction with cineradiography;
DHS 107.06(2)(z)1.1. Angiography — coronary: unilateral, selective injection, supervision and interpretation only, single view unless emergency;
DHS 107.06(2)(z)2.
2. Angiography — extremity: unilateral, supervision and interpretation only, single view unless emergency;
DHS 107.06(2)(zL)
(zL) Any other procedure not identified in the physicians' “current procedural terminology", fourth edition, published by the American medical association;
DHS 107.06 Note
Note: The referenced publication is on file and may be reviewed in the department's division of health care financing. Interested persons may obtain a copy by writing American Medical Association, 535 N. Dearborn Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60610.
DHS 107.06 Note
Note: For more information about prior authorization, see s.
DHS 107.02 (3).
DHS 107.06(2)(zn)
(zn) Drugs identified by the department that are sometimes used to enhance the prospects of fertility in males or females, when proposed to be used for treatment of a non-fertility related condition;
DHS 107.06(2)(zo)
(zo) Drugs identified by the department that are sometimes used to treat impotence, when proposed to be used for treatment of a non-impotence related condition;
DHS 107.06(3)(a)1.
1. The individual is at least 21 years old at the time consent is obtained;
DHS 107.06(3)(a)2.
2. The individual has not been declared mentally incompetent by a federal, state or local court of competent jurisdiction to consent to sterilization;
DHS 107.06(3)(a)3.
3. The individual has voluntarily given informed consent in accordance with all the requirements prescribed in subd.
4. and par.
(d); and
DHS 107.06(3)(a)4.
4. At least 30 days, but not more than 180 days, have passed between the date of informed consent and the date of the sterilization, except in the case of premature delivery or emergency abdominal surgery. An individual may be sterilized at the time of a premature delivery or emergency abdominal surgery if at least 72 hours have passed since he or she gave informed consent for the sterilization. In the case of premature delivery, the informed consent must have been given at least 30 days before the expected date of delivery.
DHS 107.06(3)(b)2.2. A hysterectomy may be a covered service if it is performed on an individual:
DHS 107.06(3)(b)2.a.
a. Already sterile prior to the hysterectomy and whose physician has provided written documentation, including a statement of the reason for sterility, with the claim form; or
DHS 107.06(3)(b)2.b.
b. Requiring a hysterectomy due to a life-threatening situation in which the physician determines that prior acknowledgment is not possible. The physician performing the operation shall provide written documentation, including a clear description of the nature of the emergency, with the claim form.
DHS 107.06 Note
Note: Documentation may include an operative note, or the patient's medical history and report of physical examination conducted prior to the surgery.
DHS 107.06(3)(b)3.
3. If a hysterectomy was performed for a reason stated under subd.
1. or
2. during a period of the individual's retroactive eligibility for MA under s.
DHS 103.08, the hysterectomy shall be covered if the physician who performed the hysterectomy certifies in writing that:
DHS 107.06(3)(b)3.a.
a. The individual was informed before the operation that the hysterectomy would make her permanently incapable of reproducing; or
DHS 107.06(3)(b)3.b.
b. The condition in subd.
2. was met. The physician shall supply the information specified in subd.
2. DHS 107.06(3)(c)
(c) Documentation. Before reimbursement will be made for a sterilization or hysterectomy, the department shall be given documentation showing that the requirements of this subsection were met. This documentation shall include a consent form, an acknowledgment of receipt of hysterectomy information or a physician's certification form for a hysterectomy performed without prior acknowledgment of receipt of hysterectomy information.
DHS 107.06 Note
Note: Copies of the consent form and the physician's certification form are reproduced in the Wisconsin medical assistance physician provider handbook.
DHS 107.06(3)(d)
(d) Informed consent. For purposes of this subsection, an individual has given informed consent only if all of the following occur:
DHS 107.06(3)(d)1.
1. The person who obtained consent for the sterilization procedure offered to answer any questions the individual to be sterilized may have had concerning the procedure, provided a copy of the consent form and provided orally all of the following information or advice to the individual to be sterilized:
DHS 107.06(3)(d)1.a.
a. Advice that the individual is free to withhold or withdraw consent to the procedure at any time before the sterilization without affecting the right to future care or treatment and without loss or withdrawal of any federally funded program benefits to which the individual might be otherwise entitled.
DHS 107.06(3)(d)1.b.
b. A description of available alternative methods of family planning and birth control.
DHS 107.06(3)(d)1.c.
c. Information that the sterilization procedure is considered to be irreversible.
DHS 107.06(3)(d)1.d.
d. A thorough explanation of the specific sterilization procedure to be performed.
DHS 107.06(3)(d)1.e.
e. A full description of the discomforts and risks that may accompany or follow the performing of the procedure, including an explanation of the type and possible effects of any anesthetic to be used.
DHS 107.06(3)(d)1.f.
f. A full description of the benefits or advantages that may be expected as a result of the sterilization.
