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Amends the provisions governing reimbursement in the Pharmacy Benefits Management Program in order to change the pharmacy ingredient cost reimbursement methodology from average acquisition cost to the national average drug acquisition cost.
Amends the provisions governing the licensing of hospital crisis receiving centers in order to adopt provisions to allow free-standing psychiatric hospitals which do not have dedicated emergency departments (EDs) to designate crisis receiving center-specialty units (CRC-SUs) as EDs for patients in need of psychiatric crisis treatment, if the CRC-SU meets all of the same regulations as a hospital ED.
Today, the Louisiana Department of Health released a solicitation for offers (SFO) to identify a pharmaceutical partner to negotiate unrestricted access to curative treatment for hepatitis C for Medicaid and incarcerated patients in Louisiana.
The January 2019 Legislative Oversight Committee reports have been submitted to the respective legislative oversight committees in accordance with R.S. 49:968(D)(1)(b)(c)
Louisiana will use the 'Netflix' model, with the goal of treating 10,000 people with hepatitis C in its Medicaid and prison population by 2020.
In accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act [R.S. 49:968(K)], the Louisiana Department of Health, Office of Aging and Adult Services (OAAS) is required to prepare an annual report of all OAAS administrative rulemaking procedures taken over the past calendar year. The report found here summarizes OAAS’ rulemaking actions taken in the 2018 calendar year, including Notices of Intent, Emergency Rules, Final Rules and Oversight Reports. This does not include those actions taken in conjunction with the Bureau of Health Services Financing (BHSF). For a listing of all BHSF Rulemaking activities see the Medicaid Rulemaking web page.
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) on December 21, 2018 for qualified proposers to provide cost-reporting, consulting, and technical services for preparing the CMS-21, CMS-21B, CMS-37, and CMS-64 reports, including work papers, schedules, reconciliations, and other supporting documentation, and for preparing Medicaid Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable amounts to report on the Annual Fiscal Report (AFR) for the State’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR).