La. Admin. Code tit. 50 § V-1301
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section V-1301 - Major Teaching HospitalsA.The Louisiana Medical Assistance Program's recognition of a major teaching hospital is limited to facilities having a documented affiliation agreement for the purpose of providing graduate medical education training with a Louisiana medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) or by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA). A major teaching hospital shall meet one of the following criteria: 1. be a major participant in at least four approved medical residency programs and maintain at least 15 intern and resident un-weighted full-time equivalent positions. For purposes of this Rule, full-time equivalent positions will be calculated as defined in 42 CFR 413.78. At least two of the programs must be in medicine, surgery, obstetrics/gynecology, pediatrics, family practice, emergency medicine or psychiatry; or2. maintain at least 20 intern and resident un-weighted full-time equivalent positions, with an approved medical residency program in family practice located more than 150 miles from the medical school accredited by the LCME or the COCA. For purposes of this Rule, full-time equivalent positions will be calculated as defined in 42 CFR 413.78.B. For the purposes of recognition as a major teaching hospital, a facility shall be considered a "major participant" in a graduate medical education program if it meets the following criteria. The facility must participate in residency programs that: 1. require residents to rotate for a required experience; and2. require explicit approval by the appropriate residency review committee (RRC) of the medical school with which the facility is affiliated prior to utilization of the facility; or3. provide residency rotations of more than one sixth of the program length or more than a total of six months at the facility and are listed as part of an accredited program in the graduate medical education directory of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).La. Admin. Code tit. 50, § V-1301
Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 39:324 (February 2013), amended LR 40:1697 (September 2014), Amended by the Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 4970 (1/1/2023), Amended LR 50396 (3/1/2024).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act.