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LDH Office of Public Health is inviting qualified proposers to submit proposals for services to provide a comprehensive continuum of high quality, community based care for low income individuals and families living with HIV.
The Louisiana Department of Health is seeking public input as the State moves towards improving its Medicaid managed care program. Those who are interested in learning more about the department's plans are invited to attend one of three forums scheduled this week or the final forum set for April 5 in Slidell
The Louisiana Department of Health’s Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities will host a series of statewide community meetings for individuals with developmental disabilities who are on the agency’s waiting list for home and community-based waiver services. There are 20 meetings scheduled in 13 communities, beginning on March 20 in Pineville.
The Louisiana Department of Health is making mosquito-fighting equipment and pesticides available to some towns, cities, parishes, tribes and other governmental entities that do not operate surveillance-based mosquito control programs.
Louisiana Department of Health Secretary Dr. Rebekah Gee will be attending the March 15 forum in Lafayette.
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 March 20, 2018 edition of the Louisiana Register in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq.
The Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing has submitted a Potpourri relative to the Public Hearing—Substantive Changes to Proposed Rule – Nursing Facilities – Admissions and Continued Stay Criteria to the Office of The State Register for publication in the March 20, 2018 edition of the Louisiana Register.
The Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing has submitted a Potpourri relative to the Healthcare Services Provider Fees – Emergency Ambulance Service Providers Fee Assessment to the Office of The State Register for publication in the March 20, 2018 edition of the Louisiana Register.
Continues the provisions of the December 3, 2016 Emergency Rule which amended the provisions governing outpatient abortion clinics in order to comply with Acts 97, 563 and 593 of the 2016 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature which increased the time period for pre-operative services, mandated the distribution of printed information about services for pregnant women, and established provisions for the disposal of fetal remains.
Amends the provisions governing the Pharmacy Benefits Management Program to revise the reimbursement methodology for physician-administered drugs in a physician office setting in order to bring the rates current and to incorporate a mechanism for periodic updates to the rates in compliance with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requirements.
Amends the provisions governing the standards for payments for nursing facilities in order to clarify the definitions of admission and continued stay, clarify the provisions governing the levels of care pathways and eliminate the behavior pathway for meeting nursing facility level of care.
Amends the provisions governing healthcare services provider fees in order to revise the payment methodology for hospital and emergency ground ambulance services providers and to more closely align the provisions governing nursing facility services, intermediate care facilities for individuals with developmental disabilities, and pharmacy services with current governing authorities and ensure that they are promulgated in a clear and concise manner in the Louisiana Administrative Code.