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• November 13, 2018

  Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities - Public Facilities - Transitional Rate Extension LAC 50:VII.32915 and 32969

  Continues the provisions of the October 11, 2018 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities in order to extend the period of transitional rates for a large facility that provides continuous nursing coverage to medically fragile populations for two additional years, and aligned the Rule language with the Medicaid State Plan amendment approved by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

• November 13, 2018

  Healthy Louisiana Opioid Use Disorder/Substance Use Disorder Waiver LAC 50:XXII.Chapters 61-69

  Adopts provisions governing the Healthy Louisiana Opioid Use Disorder/Substance Use Disorder Waiver, a five-year 1115(a) demonstration waiver approved by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to permit managed care organizations (MCOs) to provide opioid use disorder/substance use disorder services to Medicaid recipients in an institution for mental disease (IMD) without regard to the monthly MCO length of stay limit for these residential treatment services in an IMD setting.

• November 13, 2018

  Behavioral Health Services - Substance Use Disorder Services LAC 50:XXXIII.14101,14301,14303, and 14501

  Amends the provisions governing substance use disorders services in order to align these provisions with the 1115(a) Healthy Louisiana Opioid Use Disorder/Substance Use Disorder Waiver approved by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services..

• November 13, 2018

  Louisiana Department of Health responds to Louisiana Legislative Auditor Report on Medicaid eligibility and wage verification

  Today, the Louisiana Legislative Auditor released a report evaluating the Department of Health’s process of using wage data to determine the eligibility of the Medicaid expansion population.

• November 13, 2018

  Opinion: Department heads set records

  Two departments of state government that serve children, families and citizens who need health care are doing a tremendous job for which they don’t always get the credit they deserve.

• November 09, 2018

  November 2018 Legislative Oversight Committee Activity

  The November 2018 Legislative Oversight Committee reports have been submitted to the respective legislative oversight committees in accordance with R.S. 49:968(D)(1)(b)(c)

• November 08, 2018

  Sabine Parish and Parts of Natchitoches Parish to Receive Upgrades to Drinking Water

  Residents in Sabine Parish and parts of Natchitoches Parish will receive cleaner, safer drinking water thanks to $2.6 million in improvements that are being made to the Sabine Parish Waterworks District #1

• October 17, 2018

  Myth vs. Fact: LDH Dispels Rumors about Naegleria Fowleri Ameba, Drinking Water in Louisiana

  The Department of Health wants to dispel myths and rumors associated with a recent confirmation of an ameba in a drinking water system. This "Myth vs. Fact" is a rundown of common misconceptions about Naegleria fowleri and drinking water in Louisiana.

• October 16, 2018

  RFP: Dental Program Benefit Manager

  The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) Medicaid is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for qualified proposers to provide dental healthcare services, through a comprehensive network of providers, to eligible clients residing in all 64 parishes in Louisiana.

• October 15, 2018

  Taking Aim at Cancer in Louisiana announces executive director and chief medical officer

• October 11, 2018

  October 2018 Final Rules

  The Louisiana Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing has submitted Final Rules to the Office of the State Register for publication in the October 20, 2018 edition of the Louisiana Register in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq.

• October 11, 2018

  2019 Second Quarter Hospital Stabilization Assessment

  The Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing has submitted a Potpourri relative to the 2019 Second Quarter Hospital Stabilization Assessment to the Office of the State Register for publication in the October 20, 2018 edition of the Louisiana Register.