2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 40 - Public Health and Safety
RS 40:1300.291 - Hospital prospective reimbursement methodology

PART LXVI. HOSPITAL PROSPECTIVE REIMBURSEMENT METHODOLOGY

§1300.291. Hospital prospective reimbursement methodology

A. Notwithstanding any provisions of the Louisiana Administrative Code or any contrary provision of any other law or regulation, for the purpose of the hospital prospective reimbursement methodology and temporary licensure of international medical graduates, the Louisiana Medical Assistance Program's recognition of a major teaching hospital is limited to facilities having a documented affiliation agreement with a Louisiana medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.

B. A major teaching hospital shall meet one of the following criteria:

(1) Be a major participant in at least four approved medical residency programs of which at least two of the programs shall be in medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics, family practice, emergency medicine, or psychiatry.

(2) Maintain an intern and resident full-time equivalency of at least twenty filled positions with an approved medical residency program in family practice located more than one hundred fifty miles from the medical school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.

C. For the purposes of this Part, "hospital prospective reimbursement methodology" means a method of hospital reimbursement in which Medicaid payment is made based on a predetermined, fixed amount.

Acts 2009, No. 347, §1.