La. Admin. Code tit. 50 § V-2709

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section V-2709 - Distinct Part Psychiatric Units
A. Effective for dates of service on or after February 10, 2012, a Medicaid-enrolled non-state acute care hospital that enters into a cooperative endeavor agreement (CEA) with the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Behavioral Health to provide inpatient psychiatric hospital services to Medicaid and uninsured patients, and which also assumes the operation and management of a state-owned and formerly state-operated hospital distinct part psychiatric unit, shall be paid a per diem rate of $581.11 per day for each uninsured inpatient.
B. Qualifying hospitals must submit costs and patient specific data in a format specified by the department.
1. Cost and lengths of stay will be reviewed for reasonableness before payments are made.
C. Payments shall be made on a quarterly basis.

La. Admin. Code tit. 50, § V-2709

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 34:1627 (August 2008), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 39:505 (March 2013).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act.