14VAC10-10-200. Medically necessary travel greater than 100 miles from primary residence.
In the event it is medically necessary to take an admitted claimant outside the local service area (more than 100 miles from the admitted claimant's primary residence) for evaluation, surgery, or other medically necessary care, it must be ascertained prior to the travel if the travel-related expenses will be reimbursed by the Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program (Program). If preauthorization is not obtained, the Program may not pay for these travel-related expenses.
Statutory Authority
§ 38.2-5002.1 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Derived from Virginia Register Volume 33, Issue 23, eff. July 10, 2017.