Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 50 - PUBLIC HEALTH-MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
Part V - Hospital Services
Subpart 5 - Outpatient Hospital Services
Chapter 59 - Rehabilitation Services
Subchapter B - Reimbursement Methodology
Section V-5911 - Small Rural Hospitals

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code V-5911

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. Effective for dates of service on or after July 1, 2008, the reimbursement amount paid to small rural hospitals for rehabilitation services shall be as follows.

1. Small rural hospitals shall receive an interim payment for claims which shall be the Medicaid fee schedule payment on file for each service as of July 1, 2008.

2. A quarterly interim cost settlement payment shall be made to each small rural hospital to estimate a payment of 110 percent of allowable cost for fee schedule services.
a. The interim cost settlement payment shall be calculated by subtracting the actual quarterly payments for the applicable dates of services from 110 percent of the allowable costs of the quarterly claims. The cost to charge ratio from the latest filed cost report shall be applied to quarterly charges for the outpatient claims paid by fee schedule and multiplied by 110 percent of the allowable costs as calculated through the cost report settlement process.

B. Effective for dates of service on or after August 1, 2010, small rural hospitals shall be reimbursed for rehabilitation services up to the Medicare outpatient upper payment limits.

C . Low Income and Needy Care Collaboration. Effective for dates of service on or after October 20, 2011, quarterly supplemental payments will be issued to qualifying non-state hospitals for outpatient rehabilitation services rendered during the quarter. Maximum aggregate payments to all qualifying hospitals in this group shall not exceed the available upper payment limit per state fiscal year.

1. Qualifying Criteria. In order to qualify for the supplemental payment, the non-state hospital must be affiliated with a state or local governmental entity through a low income and needy care collaboration agreement.

Non-State Hospital - a hospital which is owned or operated by a private entity.

Low Income and Needy Care Collaboration Agreement - an agreement between a hospital and a state or local governmental entity to collaborate for purposes of providing healthcare services to low income and needy patients.

2. Each qualifying hospital shall receive quarterly supplemental payments for the outpatient services rendered during the quarter. Payments shall be distributed quarterly based on Medicaid paid claims for service dates from the previous state fiscal year. Payments to hospitals participating in the Medicaid DSH Program shall be limited to the difference between the hospital's specific DSH limit and the hospital's DSH payments for the applicable payment period. Aggregate payments to qualifying hospitals shall not exceed the maximum allowable cap for the state fiscal year.

D. Public Non-State Small Rural Hospitals. Effective for dates of service on or after July 1, 2023, quarterly supplemental payments will be issued to qualifying small rural hospitals for outpatient hospital rehabilitation services rendered during the quarter. Maximum aggregate payments to all qualifying hospitals in this group shall not exceed the available upper payment limit per state fiscal year.

1. Qualifying Criteria. In order to qualify, as of September 30, 2022, the small hospital must:
a. be publicly (non-state) owned and operated;

b. be located in Department of Health administrative region 3; and

c. provide routine and emergency inpatient and outpatient obstetrical services with separately identified nursery department statistics reported on the cost report.

2. Effective for dates of service on or after July 1, 2023, quarterly supplemental payments will be issued to qualifying small rural public hospitals for outpatient hospital rehabilitation services rendered during the quarter. Maximum aggregate payments to all qualifying hospitals in this group shall not exceed the available upper payment limit per state fiscal year.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act.

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