Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 50 - PUBLIC HEALTH-MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
Part V - Hospital Services
Subpart 1 - Inpatient Hospital Services
Chapter 13 - Teaching Hospitals
Subchapter A - General Provisions
Section V-1309 - Requirements for Reimbursement

A. Qualification for teaching hospital status shall be re-established at the beginning of each fiscal year.

B. To be reimbursed as a teaching hospital, a facility shall submit a signed "certification for teaching hospital recognition" form to the Bureau of Health Services, Rate Setting and Audit Section at least 30 days prior to the beginning of each state fiscal year or at least 30 days prior to the effective date of the conversion of a state owned and operated teaching hospital to private ownership in accordance with a public/private partnership cooperative endeavor agreement that was instituted to preserve graduate medical education training and access to healthcare services for indigent patients.

C. Each hospital which is reimbursed as a teaching hospital shall submit the following documentation with their Medicaid cost report filing:

D. Copies of all affiliation agreements, contracts, payroll records and time allocations related to graduate medical education must be maintained by the hospital and available for review by the state and federal agencies or their agents upon request.

E. If it is subsequently discovered that a hospital has been reimbursed as a major or minor teaching hospital and did not qualify for that peer group for any reimbursement period, retroactive adjustment shall be made to reflect the correct peer group to which the facility should have been assigned. The resulting overpayment will be recovered through either immediate repayment by the hospital or recoupment from any funds due to the hospital from the department.