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STOP ORDER: Controlled Dangerous Substance
Stop Order becomes effective August 6, 2017.
LDH News
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EMERGENCY RULE: Controlled Dangerous Substance
The Department of Health's Secretary, under the provisions of R.S. 40:962(C) and (H), has determined substances to have a high potential for abuse and should be scheduled as controlled dangerous substances to avoid an imminent peril to the public health, safety, or welfare.
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Medicaid expansion working
If Medicaid expansion ends, the uninsured will go back to hospital emergency rooms for their health care. Cassidy said that means society pays the rest of the bill for the uninsured because the hospitals will shift the remaining costs to the privately insured who end up paying higher health care premiums.
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Governor Signs Bills Related to Opioid Abuse
On June 12, 2017, Governor John Bel Edwards signed three bills that will enhance Louisiana's ongoing work to reduce opioid abuse.
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Public Hearing—Substantive Changes to Proposed Rule – Ambulatory Surgical Centers – Licensing Standards
The Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing has submitted a Potpourri relative to the Public Hearing—Substantive Changes to Proposed Rule – Ambulatory Surgical Centers – Licensing Standards to the Office of The State Register for publication in the June 20, 2017 edition of the Louisiana Register.
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2018 First Quarter Hospital Stabilization Assessment
The Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing has submitted a Potpourri relative to the 2018 First Quarter Hospital Stabilization Assessment to the Office of The State Register for publication in the June 20, 2017 edition of the Louisiana Register.
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June 2017 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 June 20, 2017 edition of the Louisiana Register in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq. Prior submissions are available in the archives.
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Recovery Audit Contractor Program LAC 50:I.Chapter 85
Continues the provisions of the November 20, 2014 Emergency Rule which adopted provisions to establish the Recovery Audit Contractor program.
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Professional Services Program - Reimbursement Methodology - Supplemental Payments LAC 50:IX.15151 and 15153
Continues the provisions of the February 20, 2017 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing the Professional Services Program to revise the reimbursement methodology for supplemental payments to physicians and other professional service practitioners in order to clarify the qualifying criteria for these payments and to reformat the provisions to ensure they are promulgated in a clear and concise manner in the Louisiana Administrative Code.
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Inpatient Hospital Services - High Medicaid Hospitals - Supplemental Payments Pool Reduction LAC 50:V.953
Continues the provisions of the March 1, 2017 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing inpatient hospital services to reduce the total supplemental payments pool for non-rural, non-state hospitals classified as high Medicaid hospitals.
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Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments – Major Medical Centers LAC 50:V.2715
Continues the provisions of the February 20, 2017 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions of the June 30, 2016 Emergency Rule governing disproportionate share hospital (DSH) payments to major medical centers located in the central and northern areas of Louisiana in compliance with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requirements.
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Inpatient Hospital Services - Graduate Medical Education - Supplemental Payments Pool Elimination LAC 50:V.1331
Amends the provisions of the March 2, 2017 Emergency Rule governing the reimbursement methodology for inpatient hospital services which amended the provisions of the March 1, 2017 Emergency Rule which eliminated the pool for supplemental payments for graduate medical education in order to make technical revisions to ensure that the provisions are appropriately formatted in the Louisiana Administrative Code.