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LDH News
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Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities – Evacuation and Temporary Sheltering Costs LAC 50:VII.33103 and §33105
Continues the provisions of the October 13, 2016 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing intermediate care facilities for persons with intellectual disabilities to establish provisions governing evacuation and temporary sheltering costs during a declared disaster or emergency event.
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Nursing Facilities – Evacuation and Temporary Sheltering Costs LAC 50:II.20019
Continues the provisions of the October 13, 2016 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions of the May 20, 2008 Rule governing the reimbursement methodology for nursing facilities to amend the provisions governing evacuation and temporary sheltering costs in order to ensure that an evacuating nursing facility continues to receive vendor payments while providing essential care and services to residents at a host site when they are displaced.
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Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities - Public Facilities - Reimbursement Rate Increase LAC 50:VII.32969
Continues the provisions of the October 1, 2014 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing the transitional rates for public facilities in order to increase the Medicaid reimbursement rate.
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Inpatient Hospital Services - Non-Rural, Non-State Hospitals - Supplemental Payments for Monroe Area Hospitals LAC 50:V.971
Continues the provisions of the February 12, 2015 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing the reimbursement methodology for inpatient hospital services rendered by non-rural, non-state hospitals in order to adopt a supplemental payment methodology for services provided by hospitals located in DHH Administrative Region 8 in the Monroe area.
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Inpatient Hospital Services - Non-Rural, Non-State Hospitals - Supplemental Payments for Baton Rouge Area Hospitals LAC 50:V.973
Continues the provisions of the February 12, 2015 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing inpatient hospital services rendered by non-rural, non-state hospitals in order to adopt a supplemental payment methodology for services provided by hospitals located in the Baton Rouge area.
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Inpatient Hospital Services – Non-Rural, Non-State Hospitals – Public Hospitals Supplemental Payments LAC 50:V.963
Continues the provisions of the October 1, 2015 Emergency Rule which amended the reimbursement methodology governing inpatient hospital services in order to amend the provisions governing supplemental Medicaid payments to qualifying non-rural, non-state public hospitals.
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Inpatient Hospital Services - Children’s Specialty Hospitals - Supplemental Payments for New Orleans Area Hospitals LAC 50:V.969
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.
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Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities - Licensing Standards LAC 48:I.9047
Continues the provisions of the May 20, 2016 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing psychiatric residential treatment facilities in order to revise the minimum staffing requirements for staff-to-client ratios.
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Pediatric Day Health Care Program LAC 50:XV.27501, 27503, 27901 and 28101
Continues the provisions of the September 1, 2016 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing pediatric day health care services in order to clarify these provisions and revise the recipient criteria and reimbursement methodology.
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Pediatric Day Health Care Facilities - Licensing Standards LAC 48:I.5239
Continues the provisions of the September 1, 2016 Emergency Rule which amended the licensing standards for pediatric day health care facilities to clarify the provider participation requirements regarding the frequency of reviews for plans of care.
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Nursing Facilities - Reimbursement Methodology - Pass Through Rate Increase LAC 50:II.20005
Continues the provisions of the September 1, 2016 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing nursing facilities reimbursement to include the provider fee increase in the nursing facility pass through rate in compliance with Act 675 of the 2016 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature.
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Healthcare Services Provider Fees - Nursing Facility Services Providers LAC 48:I.4001
Continues the provisions of the September 1, 2016 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing provider fees in order to increase the limit of the provider fee for nursing facilities.