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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.
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.
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.
Continues the provisions of the October 1, 2015 Emergency Rule, which amended the provisions governing DSH payments to reduce the payments made to non-rural, non-state acute care hospitals for inpatient psychiatric services, in order to assure that these provisions are promulgated in a clear and concise manner in the Louisiana Administrative Code (LAC).
In compliance with House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 51 of the 2016 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, amends the provisions governing reimbursement methodology for outpatient hospital services to increase the reimbursement rates paid to non-rural, non-state hospitals.
Amends the provisions governing the reimbursement methodology for nursing facilities in order to revise the method used for nursing facility rate setting and to make technical changes to align provisions with the approved State Plan amendment.
In compliance with House Concurrent Resolution (HCR) 51 of the 2016 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, amends the provisions governing reimbursement methodology for inpatient hospital services to increase the reimbursement rates paid to non-rural, non-state hospitals.
Amends the reimbursement methodology governing applied behavior analysis-based therapy services in order to realign the reimbursement rates to be consistent with the commercial rates for these services which will be in effect statewide in January 2017.
Amends the provisions governing the licensing standards for outpatient abortion facilities in order to comply with the provisions of Acts 97, 563 and 593 of the 2016 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature.
Continues the provisions of the April 1, 2015 Emergency Rule which adopted provisions governing long-term personal care services (LT-PCS) which mandated that providers must utilize the electronic visit verification system designated by the department for automated scheduling, time and attendance tracking, and billing for LT-PCS.
Continues the provisions of the January 1, 2017 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing the reimbursement methodology for nursing facilities to change the method for nursing facility rate setting from a point-in-time method to a time-weighted method, and to made technical changes to these provisions to incorporate language from the currently approved Medicaid State Plan.
Continues the provisions of the April 7, 2016 Emergency Rule which, in compliance with Act 540 of the 2006 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature, amended the provisions governing intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities to require timely filing of electronic reports related to census information and other needed information during declared disasters or emergencies.