Important Information for Medicaid Providers: Please read carefully

WHAT IS A HOSPITAL?

The Louisiana Hospital Licensing Standards define a "Hospital" as any institution, place, building or agency, public or private, whether for profit or not, maintaining and operating facilities, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, having 10 licensed beds or more, properly staffed and equipped for the diagnosis, treatment and care of persons admitted for overnight stay or longer who are suffering from illness, injury, infirmity or deformity or other physical or mental condition for which medical, surgical and/or obstetrical services would be available and appropriate.

WHAT DOES NOT REQUIRE LICENSING AS A HOSPITAL?

In accordance with RS:40:2102, the term "hospital" does not include the following:

1. Physicians' offices or clinics where patients are not regularly kept as bed patients for twenty-four hours or more.
2. Nursing homes are defined by and regulated under the provisions of R.S. 40:2009.1 through R.S. 40:2009.12.
3. Persons, schools, institutions, or organizations engaged in the care and treatment of children with intellectual disabilities and which are required to be licensed by the provisions of the Developmental Disability Law (R.S. 28:451.1 et seq.).
4. Hospitalization of care facilities maintained by the state at any of its penal and correctional institutions provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent a penal or correctional institution from applying for licensure of its hospitalization or care facility.
5. Hospitalization or care facilities maintained by the federal government or agencies thereof.
6. Hospitalization or care facilities maintained by any university or college provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent any college or university from applying for licensure of its hospitalization or care facility.
7. Any other entity licensed for the diagnosis, treatment, or care of persons admitted for overnight stay.

Acts 2014, No. 811, § 22, eff. June 23, 2014

Note: Facilities under 10 beds shall not be licensed as a hospital and shall not care for patients overnight unless authorized to do so under another state law.

• Complaints
• State Licensing Regulations
  • Hospital Licensing Standards LAC 48:1 Chapter 93
  • NEW Hospital Licensing Standards Final Rule published in the La Register Vol. 45, No. 10 October 20, 2019 Revisions to §9301, §9303, §9377, §9379, & §9383
  • Hospital Licensing Standards Crisis Receiving Centers LAC 48:1 Chapter 96
  • Louisiana Register Vol. 44, No. 12 December 20, 2018- Chapter 41 Expedited Licensing Process for Healthcare Facilities and Providers Licensed by the Department of Health
• Federal Regulations
• Emergency Treatment - EMTALA
• Hospital Locations
  • Providers in Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet Format
• Trauma Centers
  • Level 1: 
    • Ochsner LSU Health Shreveport
    • University Medical Center New Orleans
  • Level 2
    • Lafayette General Medical Center
    • North Oaks Medical Center, LLC
    • Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center
    • Rapides Regional Medical Center
  • Level 3:
    • Tulane Medical Center
• Hospitals with NICU, OB, and Well Baby Units- 01/25/2019
• Hospital License Expiration Dates - Generated monthly in Excel format, this list of hospital contains status, license expiration dates, and original licensure dates of all Louisiana Hospitals.
• Psychiatric Beds
• Hospital Skilled Nursing Facilities- SNFs
• Transplant Hospitals

IMPORTANT NOTICES:

• Notice Act 306
• Ebola Information
• ACT No. 59 (HB 618)
• Notice of Parental Rights form
• Developing an All Hazards Risk Assessment and Emergency Plan
  • Memo
    • Initial Licensure Process- New Emergency Preparedness Regulations
    • License Renewal Process- New Emergency Preparedness Regulations
    • Updated- Change of Ownership (CHOW) Process- New Emergency Preparedness Regulations
    • S&C:17-22-ALL
  • CMS Compliant Templates
  • Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA)
  • Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA) ESF-8 Tool

For Providers

• Health Standards Fee Schedule
• Health Standards Payment Procedure
• Other Agency Approval Required for Licensure
• Participation in Medicare & Medicaid
• Documents Needed For Certification
• Hospital Accrediting Organizations
• Hospital Abuse/ Neglect Reporting Form
• Instructions for Completing Abuse/Neglect Form
• Key Personnel Change Form
• Change of Ownership Information
• Criminal Background Check

Hospital Licensing and Renewals

• Hospital License Renewal- In addition to completing the hospital licensing renewal packet, you must complete one of the follwing:
  • If you are a Critical Access Hospital (CAH), complete the Licensing Application Addendum for CAH
  • All other hospitals, complete the Licensing Application Addendum for Hospitals
• Hospital Packets- In addition to completing the hospital licensing packet, you must complete one of the follwing:
  • If you are a Critical Access Hospital (CAH), complete the Licensing Application Addendum for CAH
  • All other hospitals, complete the Licensing Application Addendum for Hospitals

Updated Flu Information- 02/05/2018

Given the high incidenses of flu this season, CMS has provided  the following information to State Agencies to share with providers:

Hospital Alternative Care Sites

Please note that currently, there are no approvals for any 1135 waivers.

All hospitals must continue to meet the Conditions of Participation and State licensing regulations.

If you have any questions regarding this information, please contact Cecile Castello at 225-342-4997 or Dora Kane 225-342-6096.