Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 50 - PUBLIC HEALTH-MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
Part V - Hospital Services
Subpart 1 - Inpatient Hospitals Services
Chapter 21 - Urban Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Facility-New Orleans Area
Section V-2103 - Reimbursement Methodology
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. The inpatient hospital per diem rate paid for acute care services to qualifying urban MSA hospitals-New Orleans area who meet all of the criteria in §2101 shall be increased by indexing annually to 95 percent of the small rural hospital acute per diem rate in effect.
B. The inpatient hospital per diem rate paid for psychiatric services to qualifying urban MSA hospitals-New Orleans area who meet all of the criteria in §2101 shall be increased by indexing annually to 95 percent of the small rural hospital psychiatric per diem rate in effect.
C. These rates are conditional on the hospital continuing to meet all qualifying criterial included in §2101 If the hospital no longer qualifies, payments will revert back to appropriate non-rural, non-state hospital assigned rates effective on the date that the qualification(s) in §2101 are no longer met.
D. The department may review all above provisions every three years, at a minimum to evaluate continuation of these enhanced reimbursements.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act.
