2013 Mississippi Code
Title 43 - PUBLIC WELFARE
Chapter 13 - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE AGED; MEDICAID
Article 3 - MEDICAID
§ 43-13-147 - Mississippi Medicaid Program and Children's Health Insurance Program to examine and improve hospital discharge and follow-up care procedures for certain premature infants and implement programs to improve newborn outcomes; reporting of data regarding rehospitalization of certain premature infants

(1) The Mississippi Medicaid Program and the Children's Health Insurance Program, in consultation with statewide organizations focused on premature infant healthcare, shall:

(a) Examine and improve hospital discharge and follow-up care procedures for premature infants born earlier than thirty-seven (37) weeks gestational age to ensure standardized and coordinated processes are followed as premature infants leave the hospital from either a Level 1 (well baby nursery), Level 2 (step down or transitional nursery) or Level 3 (neonatal intensive care unit) unit and transition to follow-up care by a health care provider in the community; and

(b) Use guidance from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' Neonatal Outcomes Improvement Project to implement programs to improve newborn outcomes, reduce newborn health costs and establish ongoing quality improvement for newborns.

(2) Data regarding the incidence and cause of rehospitalization in the first six (6) months of life for infants born premature at earlier than thirty-seven (37) weeks gestational age shall be reported to the Chairman of the House Public Health and Human Services Committee and the Chairman of the Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee by the Mississippi State Department of Health utilizing the mandated hospital discharge data system authorized in Section 41-63-4.