Section 641.75.2. Covered services.  


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  • The following obstetrical and newborn care services may be provided through the obstetrical indigent patient care program:

            1.            Antepartum and postpartum care except where patient qualifies for antepartum and postpartum care provided by the department of public health, maternal and child health care program.

            2.            Normal delivery.

            3.            Cesarean section.

            4.            Newborn hospital care.

            5.            Sick newborns who qualify as a quota case will be covered until the patient is stabilized and transferred to University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, where the patient may be eligible to receive care as a county quota indigent patient pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 255.

            6.            Inpatient transportation from one hospital to another when authorized by a medical provider.

            7.            One outpatient visit for false labor.

            8.            Excluded services for quota cases will include but not be limited to elective abortion, elective hysterectomy, circumcision, nonobstetric related procedures and services.