Services Provider. A Member does not need prior authorization for Emergency Services. When a Member has an Emergency Medical Condition, we cover Emergency Services they receive from Participating Providers, Participating Facilities, Non-Participating Providers, and Non-Participating Facilities anywhere in the world, as long as the Services would have been covered under the “Benefit Details” section (subject to the “Benefit Exclusions and Limitations” section) if the Member had received them from Participating Providers or Participating Facilities. You pay the emergency department visit Cost Share shown in the “Benefit Summary” under “Emergency Services” for all Services received in the emergency department or from the Behavioral Health Emergency Services Provider. If you receive covered inpatient hospital Services, you pay the Cost Share shown in the “Benefit Summary” under “Inpatient Hospital Services,” regardless of whether the Services also constitute Emergency Services or Post-Stabilization Care. If you visit an emergency department and are not admitted directly as an inpatient or to Kaiser Permanente at Home™, you pay the emergency department visit Cost Share shown in the “Benefit Summary” under “Outpatient Services” for all Services received in the emergency department or from the Behavioral Health Emergency Services Provider. If you have an Emergency Medical Condition, we cover licensed ambulance Services when: Your condition requires use of the medical Services that only a licensed ambulance can provide. Use of all other means of transportation, whether or not available, would endanger your health. The ambulance transports you to a hospital where you receive covered Emergency Services. Emergency Services are available from Participating Hospital emergency departments 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Contact Member Services or see our Medical Facility Directory for locations of these emergency departments. Post-Stabilization Care Post-Stabilization Services relate to medical, mental health or Substance Use Disorder treatment necessary in the short term to avoid placing the health of the individual, or with respect to a pregnant woman, the health of the woman or her unborn child, in serious jeopardy, serious impairment to bodily functions, or serious dysfunction of any bodily organ or part. We cover Post-Stabilization Care if one of the following is true: A Participating Provider or Participating Facility provides the Services. We authorize the Services from the Non-Participating Provider or Non-Participating Facility. Services are provided after you are Stabilized and as part of outpatient observation or an inpatient or outpatient stay with respect to the visit during which screening and Stabilization Services have been furnished. Coverage for Post-Stabilization Care from a Non-Participating Provider or Non-Participating Facility is limited to the Allowed Amount. In addition to the applicable Cost Share, you are responsible for paying any amount over the Allowed Amount, and any such payments do not count toward the Deductible or the Out- of-Pocket Maximum. You are not responsible for paying any amount over the Allowed Amount for Post- Stabilization Care from a Non-Participating Provider at a Participating Facility. To request prior authorization for your receiving Post-Stabilization Care from a Non-Participating Provider or Non-Participating Facility, you or someone on your behalf must call us at 503-735-2596, or toll free at 1-877-813-5993, before you receive the Services if it is reasonably possible to do so, but no later than 24 hours after any admission. We understand that extraordinary circumstances can delay your ability to call us, for example if you are unconscious or if there is no parent or guardian with a young child. In these cases, you or someone on your behalf must call us as soon as reasonably possible. If you (or someone on your behalf) do not call us by the EWCLGDED1983ACT0124 36 WAPEBB-CL-ACT
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