Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 50 - PUBLIC HEALTH-MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
Part XXI - Home and Community-Based Services Waivers
Subpart 1 - General Provisions
Chapter 5 - Support Coordination Standards for Participation for Office of Aging and Adult Services Waiver Programs
Subchapter C - Provider Responsibilities
Section XXI-553 - Workforce Retention Bonus Payments

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code XXI-553

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

A. Establishment of Support Coordination Workforce Bonus Payments

1. Support coordination agencies (SCAs) who provided services from April 1, 2021 to October 31, 2022 shall receive bonus payments of $300 per month for each SCA staff member that worked directly with participants for those months.

2. The SCA staff member who worked directly with participants from April 1, 2021 to October 31, 2022 must receive at least $250 of this $300 bonus payment paid to the agency. This bonus payment is effective for all affected SCA staff members of any working status, whether full-time or part-time.

B. Audit Procedures for Support Coordination Workforce Bonus Payments

1. The bonus payments reimbursed to support coordination agencies shall be subject to audit by LDH.

2. Support coordination agencies shall provide to LDH or its representative all requested documentation to verify that they are in compliance with the SCA staff member bonus payments.

3. This documentation may include, but is not limited to, payroll records, wage and salary sheets, check stubs, etc.

4. Support coordination agencies shall produce the requested documentation upon request and within the timeframe provided by LDH.

5. Non-compliance or failure to demonstrate that the bonus payments were paid directly to SCA staff member may result in the following:
a. sanctions; or

b. disenrollment from the Medicaid program.

C. Sanctions for Support Coordination Workforce Bonus Payments

1. The support coordination agencies will be subject to sanctions or penalties for failure to comply with this Rule. The severity of such action shall depend upon the following:
a. failure to pay SCA staff members the $250 monthly bonus payments;

b. the number of employees identified as having been paid less than the $250 monthly bonus payments; or

c. the persistent failure to pay the $250 monthly bonus payments; or

d. failure to provide LDH with any requested documentation or information related to or for the purpose of verifying compliance with this Rule.

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

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