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• December 12, 2016

  Home and Community-Based Services Waivers - Community Choices Waiver - Electronic Visit Verification LAC 50:XXI.9305

  Continues the provisions of the April 1, 2015 Emergency Rule which adopted provisions governing the Community Choices Waiver program which mandated that providers of personal assistant services must utilize the electronic visit verification system designated by the department for automated scheduling, time and attendance tracking and billing for certain home and community-based services.

• December 12, 2016

  Home and Community-Based Services Providers - Licensing Standards LAC 48:I.Chapters 50 and 51

  Amends the provisions governing the licensing standards for home and community-based services providers in order to further clarify evacuation procedures and correct the formatting of these provisions.

• December 12, 2016

  Disproportionate Share Hospital Payments - Louisiana Low-Income Academic Hospitals LAC 50:V.2501 and Chapter 31

  Continues the provisions of the October 20, 2016 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing disproportionate share hospital payments in order to establish payments to Louisiana low-income academic hospitals.

• December 12, 2016

  Applied Behavior Analysis-Based Therapy Services - Reimbursement Rate Realignment LAC 50:XV.703

  Continues the provisions of the January 1, 2017 Emergency Rule which amended 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.

• December 12, 2016

  2017 First Quarter Hospital Stabilization Assessment

  The Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing has submitted a Potpourri relative to the 2017 First Quarter Hospital Stabilization Assessment to the Office of The State Register for publication in the December 20, 2016 edition of the Louisiana Register.

• December 12, 2016

  December 2016 Legislative Oversight Committee Activity

  The December 2016 Legislative Oversight Committee reports have been submitted to the respective legislative oversight committees in accordance with R.S. 49:968(D)(1)(b)(c)

• December 07, 2016

  Hospital Payment Study

• November 30, 2016

  More than 8,600 Louisiana Residents Getting Care for Chronic Conditions due to Medicaid Expansion

  Matthew Guidry of Opelousas, Louisiana, is one of thousands of Louisiana residents who is now getting care because of Medicaid expansion. Guidry, who has lived with sickle cell anemia almost all of his life, looked to the local emergency room for care. Although he could get relief for his pain there, it was much more difficult to find someone to treat his ongoing vision problems.

• November 29, 2016

  Louisiana Department of Health to Host Opioid Prescribing Update

  Up to 80 percent of heroin users reported beginning their addiction by misusing prescription opioids. In its continuing efforts to address the opioid epidemic in Louisiana, the Louisiana Department of Health is hosting a Lunch & Learn where medical, pharmacy and behavioral health experts will discuss the current status of prescription opioid use and abuse in Louisiana.

• November 28, 2016

  RFP: Health Insurance Program for People Living with HIV

  The Office of Public Health STD/HIV Program is seeking competitive proposals from qualified proposers to act as a program administrator and fiduciary agent for the statewide Health Insurance Program (HIP) for persons living with HIV.

• November 17, 2016

  State Agencies Issue Advisory for Bayou D’Inde, Portions of the Calcasieu Ship Channel, and the Upper Calcasieu Estuary

  The Louisiana Department of Health, Department of Environmental Quality, and Department of Wildlife & Fisheries, have issued a new advisory concerning fish and shellfish for Bayou D’Inde, the Calcasieu Estuary and the Calcasieu Ship Channel.

• November 16, 2016

  Louisiana Department of Health team member recognized for HIV prevention efforts

  David Armstead, HIV program monitor with the Louisiana Department of Health Office of Public Health, has been named as one of the Top 100 people in the nation working to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Armstead was recognized for his volunteer outreach efforts in the New Orleans area where he also serves as chair of the New Orleans Regional AIDS Planning Council.