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Amends the provisions governing non-emergency medical transportation to allow an additional category of transportation services. Act 677 of the 2024 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature authorized the department to establish provisions for transportation network companies (TNC) to provide non-emergency medical transportation through the Medicaid program.
Continues the provisions of the July 1, 2025 Emergency Rule (Louisiana Register, Volume 51, Number 7). These higher reimbursement rates may incentivize more providers to participate in Medicaid. Medicaid physician payment rates have historically been significantly lower than those of Medicare, often averaging around two-thirds of the Medicare rate.
Amends the provisions governing eligibility for the Family Opportunity Act Medicaid Program to establish continuous eligibility requirements, and to prevent termination of Medicaid or CHIP eligibility due to non-payment of premiums for children under the age of 19 during a continuous eligibility period.
Continues the provisions of the July 1, 2025 Emergency Rule (Louisiana Register, Volume 51, Number 7) which amended the provisions governing refugee medical assistance (RMA) to shorten the period that assistance is granted through the RMA program from one year to four months, and to outline the termination conditions for RMA services.
The department is seeing a higher number of Vibrio vulnificus cases and deaths than are typically reported.
Effective July 1, 2025, Medicaid physician reimbursement rates increased to 85% of the March 2024 Region 99 Medicare rates for applicable services. Reimbursements at or above this threshold will remain the same.