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• February 12, 2018

  Professional Services Program – Reimbursement Methodology – Supplemental Payments LAC 50:IX.15151 and 15153

  Amends 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 align these provisions with the corresponding State Plan amendment approved by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and to ensure that they are promulgated in a clear and concise manner in the Louisiana Administrative Code.

• February 12, 2018

  Nursing Facilities – Admissions and Continued Stay Criteria LAC 50:II.Chapter 5

  Amends the provisions governing nursing facilities in order to revise and clarify the documentation requirements for medical certification of initial admissions and continued stay processes to ensure that these provisions are promulgated in a clear and concise manner in the Louisiana Administrative Code.

• February 12, 2018

  OAAS 2018 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 2017 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.

• February 09, 2018

  Medicaid Provider Screening Application Fee LAC 50:I.1501

  Amends the provisions governing the screening and enrollment of Medicaid providers in order to collect an application fee for any providers that have not already been screened by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services or another state Medicaid agency in compliance with the requirements of the Affordable Care Act and 42 CFR 455.460.

• February 09, 2018

  February 2018 Legislative Oversight Committee Activity

  The February 2018 Legislative Oversight Committee reports have been submitted to the respective legislative oversight committees in accordance with R.S. 49:968(D)(1)(b)(c)

• February 07, 2018

  Attention: Emergency Preparedness Process Updates for Certified Providers

• February 07, 2018

  Attention: Emergency Preparedness Process Updates for Licensed Providers

  Attention: 2016 Emergency Preparedness Process Updates

• February 06, 2018

  LDH Awards $5.5 Million to the City of Carencro for Drinking Water Improvements

  The Louisiana Department of Health’s Office of Public Health has awarded a $5.5 million loan to the City of Carencro through the State’s Drinking Water Revolving Loan Fund. The low-interest loan will help improve Carencro’s water system.

• February 06, 2018

  Attention: All Prospective Mental Health Providers- effective 02/20/2018

  Effective February 20, 2018, all new applicants and those with incomplete applications will be subject to the FNR process.

• January 26, 2018

  John Bel Edwards staff meets with Trump officials on Louisiana Medicaid work requirements

  WASHINGTON - Louisiana Department of Health Secretary Rebekah Gee and Gov. John Bel Edwards' general counsel Matthew Block met with federal officials in Washington D.C. Friday (Jan. 26) to discuss work requirements for Medicaid recipients in Louisiana.

• January 22, 2018

  Standing Order for Naloxone Renewed by Louisiana Department of Health

  Dr. Rebekah Gee, secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, has renewed the standing order for the life-saving medication Naloxone. Through this action, laypeople who are helping a person who has overdosed or who is at risk of an overdose on heroin, morphine or another opioid drug can continue to receive the lifesaving medication naloxone without having to get a direct prescription from a doctor.

• January 12, 2018

  January 2018 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 January 20, 2018 edition of the Louisiana Register in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq.