Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section XV-7313 - Standards for PaymentA. EPSDT PCS shall only be provided to EPSDT beneficiaries and only by a staff member of a licensed personal care services agency enrolled as a Medicaid provider. A copy of the current PCS license must accompany the Medicaid application for enrollment as a PCS provider and copies of current licenses shall be submitted to Provider Enrollment thereafter as they are issued, for inclusion in the enrollment record. The provider's record shall always include a current PCS license at all times. Medicaid enrollment is limited to providers located in Louisiana and certain out-of-state providers located only in the trade areas of Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas.B. The unit of service billed by EPSDT PCS providers shall be one-quarter hour, exclusive of travel time to arrive at the beneficiary's home. The entire 15 minutes of the unit of time shall have been spent providing services in order to bill a unit.La. Admin. Code tit. 50, § XV-7313
Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 21:947 (September 1995), repromulgated for LAC codification, LR 29:178 (February 2003), Amended by the Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 45907 (7/1/2019).AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act.