ARM 37.86.4402. RURAL HEALTH CLINICS AND FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS, VISITS AND ENCOUNTERS

(1) For purposes of this subchapter, a face-to-face encounter between a clinic or center patient and a clinic or center health professional for the purpose of providing RHC or FQHC core or other ambulatory services constitutes a single visit. (2) Encounters that take place on the same day and at a single location constitute a single visit, although the encounters were: (a) with more than one clinic or center health professional; or (b) multiple encounters with the same clinic or center health professionals. (3) Each additional encounter with clinic or center health professionals that takes place on the same day as a medical visit to the same clinic or center constitutes an additional visit if, after the first encounter: (a) the patient suffers an additional illness or injury requiring additional diagnosis or treatment; (b) the patient has a mental health visit consisting of one or more mental health encounters; or (c) the patient has a dental visit consisting of one or more dental encounters.