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Continues the provisions of the February 12, 2015 Emergency Rule which adopted a supplemental payment methodology for inpatient hospital services rendered by children’s specialty hospitals in the New Orleans area.
Amends the provisions of the October 1, 2014 Emergency Rule governing the reimbursement methodology for non-emergency medical transportation in order to clarify these provisions, and to bring the language of this Rule into compliance with the approved State Plan.
Continues the provisions of the September 1, 2014 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing reimbursement for emergency medical aircraft transportation in order to increase the rates for services originating in rural areas.
Continues the provisions of the May 20, 2014 Emergency Rule which amended the licensing standards governing nursing facilities in order to clarify the provisions for Alzheimer’s special care disclosure, and to revise the provisions governing approval of plans and physical environment.
Continues the provisions of the September 20, 2014 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions of the May 24, 2014 Emergency Rule to clarify the provisions governing the payment methodology to Louisiana Low-Income Academic Hospitals.
Continues the provisions of the September 20, 2015 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions of the January 20, 2014 and August 20, 2015 Emergency Rules, which repromulgated and revised provisions governing the Medically Needy Program in a codified format for inclusion in the Louisiana Administrative Code, in order to further clarify the provisions governing allowable medical expenses for Spend-Down MNP coverage.
Continues the provisions of the April 1, 2015 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing long-term personal care services (LT-PCS) in order to adopt requirements which mandate that LT-PCS providers must utilize the electronic visit verification (EVV) system designated by the department for automated scheduling, time and attendance tracking, and billing for long-term personal care services.
Continues the provisions of the April 15, 2013 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing reimbursement for Medicaid payments for outpatient services provided by non-state owned major teaching hospitals participating in public-private partnerships which assume the provision of services that were previously delivered and terminated or reduced by a state owned and operated facility.
Continues the provisions of the August 1, 2015 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing the reimbursement methodology for ICFs/ID in order to adopt provisions to establish supplemental Medicaid payments for services provided to Medicaid recipients residing in privately-owned facilities that enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement with the department.
Continues the provisions of the April 1, 2015 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing the Community Choices Waiver in order to adopt requirements which mandate that providers of personal assistant services must utilize the electronic visit verification (EVV) system designated by the department for automated scheduling, time and attendance tracking, and billing for certain home and community-based services.
Continues the provisions of the March 5, 2015 Emergency Rule which repealed the provisions governing disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments for Mental Health Emergency Room Extensions in order to eliminate these DSH payments.
Continues the provisions of the July 1, 2015 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing school-based nursing services covered in the EPSDT Program to remove the IEP requirement.