405 IAC 5-22-1 Definitions

Sec. 1. The following definitions apply throughout this rule: (1) "Acute medical condition" means a condition with an onset within the preceding fourteen (14) days, and sequelae of a temporary nature, including, but not limited to, sprains, spasms, infection, or joint inflammation. (2) "Acute rehabilitation condition" means medical injury or insult, onset occurring within one (1) year, which results in impaired functioning. These conditions may include, but are not limited to, head injury, cerebrovascular accident (CVA), or fracture. (3) "Applied behavioral analysis therapy services" or "ABA therapy services" means the design, implementation, and evaluation of environmental modification using behavioral stimuli and consequences to produce socially significant improvement in human behavior, including the direct observation, measurement, and functional analysis of the relations between environment and behavior. (4) "Chronic medical condition or rehabilitation condition" means any injury or insult with onset and sequelae extending past one (1) year. (5) "Educational in nature" means instruction or training that develops the general abilities of the mind and results in learning new material, as opposed to restoring or establishing a normal condition. (6) "Habilitative therapy" means therapy addressing chronic medical conditions where further progress can no longer be expected to lessen the deterioration of function over time. Habilitative therapy includes physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, speech-language pathology services, and audiology services provided to members for the purpose of maintaining a level of functionality, but not the improvement of functionality. Although the development of a habilitation plan is considered part of rehabilitation services, the services furnished under a habilitation plan are not skilled therapy. (7) "Licensed or board certified behavior analyst" means a behavior analyst with credentialing as a: (A) board certified behavior analyst - doctoral (BCBA-D); (B) board certified behavior analyst (BCBA); or (C) board certified assistant behavior analyst (BCaBA). (8) "Medically necessary therapy" means therapy for the restoration of an impaired level of function caused by an acute change in medical condition. (9) "Outpatient therapy services" means services provided to a member outside the member's primary place of residence. (10) "Rehabilitative services" refers to the federal definition of rehabilitative services in 42 CFR 440.130(d) and includes physical therapy, occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, speech-language pathology, and audiology services provided to members. (11) "Respiratory therapy" or "RT" means the adjunctive treatment, management, and preventive care of patients with acute and chronic cardiac pulmonary problems.