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Family Planning Waiver - Program Termination LAC 50:XXII.Chapters 21-27
Repeals the provisions governing the Family Planning Waiver due to the expiration of the §1115 waiver authority on December 31, 2014.
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Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments - Qualifying Criteria LAC 50:V.2503
Amends the provisions governing disproportionate share hospital payments in order to make technical revisions to ensure that the provisions governing the qualifying criteria are appropriately formatted in a clear and concise manner in the Louisiana Administrative Code.
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Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments - Louisiana Low-Income Academic Hospitals - Payment Methodology LAC 50:V.3103
Amends the provisions governing the reimbursement methodology for disproportionate share hospital payments to Louisiana low-income academic hospitals in order to revise the reimbursement schedule from annual to quarterly payments.
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Our Views: Keep a focus on insurance coverage
If the goal of health policy is to keep people healthier, there is a lot of room for debate over how to go about that process. If the measurement is insurance coverage, so that medical care is more easily available and affordable, "Obamacare" is a big success.
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Ambulatory Surgical Centers - Licensing Standards LAC 48:I.Chapter 45
Repeals and replaces the licensing standards governing ambulatory surgical centers in order to: 1) clarify the existing provisions; 2) provide for inactivation of the provider license in the event of specific qualifying events or circumstances; 3) establish provisions which allow ambulatory surgical centers to enter into use agreements; and 4) ensure consistency with other licensing rules, regulations and processes.
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February 2017 Legislative Oversight Committee Activity
The February 2017 Legislative Oversight Committee reports have been submitted to the respective legislative oversight committees in accordance with R.S. 49:968(D)(1)(b)(c)
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Louisiana Health Secretary Dr. Rebekah Gee responds to Sen. Kennedy on Medicaid
Medicaid expansion is covering hundreds of thousands more working adults and ensuring they have access to primary care. In addition, Medicaid Expansion is bringing in more federal tax dollars to our state and saving Louisiana taxpayers $184 million.
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Department of Health Awards Loan to the Town of Lutcher for Drinking Water System Improvements
The Louisiana Department of Health recently awarded a $500,000 loan to the Town of Lutcher through the State’s Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund. This low-interest subsidized loan will help improve the town’s water system.
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In Case You Missed It: There is ample evidence that Medicaid expansion gives patients better care through increased access to primary care
At the national level, where there is a move to dismantle the Affordable Care Act, and in Louisiana where some officials want to end Medicaid expansion, there are critics who use the argument that Medicaid patients get worse care than those without coverage.
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Has Expanding Medicaid Made People Healthier?
For all the debate about whether states should expand eligibility for Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, it’s unclear whether doing so actually makes people healthier. Initial research into the impact of expansion is at the same time exhaustive and scarce, as well as seemingly contradictory in some cases.
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OAAS 2017 Annual Rulemaking Report
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 2016 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.
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Letter from state health secretary Rebekah Gee: Medicaid expansion benefits Louisianians in times of need
Today, I’m hearing different stories. I recently spoke to a middle-aged mother who was diagnosed with cancer only because she now has coverage. Without coverage, her tumor may have been picked up too late to cure and her daughters would have grown up without their mother. I heard from a man in the Lafayette area who has sickle cell anemia. Because he now has a primary care doctor, he no longer has to go to the local emergency room several times a month for care.