Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 50 - PUBLIC HEALTH-MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
Part II - Nursing Facilities
Subpart 1 - General Provisions
Chapter 5 - Admissions
Section II-509 - Changes in Level of Care and Status
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code II-509
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The nursing facility shall notify the parish Medicaid office via the BHSF Form 148 of the following changes in a residents circumstances:
1. change in the
level of care;
2. transfer to
another nursing facility;
3. change
in payer source;
4. hospital/home
leave and returns; or
5. discharge
home, death or any other breaks in facility care.
B. The nursing facility must inform the appropriate level II authority if an individual with a diagnosis of MI and/or ID is subject to readmission or interfacility transfer and there has been a substantial change in the individuals condition, or if a level I screen was not completed or was completed incorrectly.
1. An
individual is considered to be a readmission if he/she was readmitted to a
facility from a hospital to which he/she was transferred for the purpose of
receiving care.
2. Interfacility
transfer occurs when an individual is transferred from one NF to another NF,
with or without an intervening hospital stay.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act.
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