Medicaid provides for medically necessary health services to eligible recipients when transferring from one acute general hospital to another because the services (physician specialists, and/or intensity of services, and/or specialized equipment) are not available at the transferring hospital but are available at the receiving hospital.
Requests for approval of pre-transfers to another facility must be called in to Medicaid Utilization Review (1-800-392-9019) on the day of transfer. If after hours, the call must be received by the next business day.
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