59G-4.100: Federally Qualified Health Center Services
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of the amendment to Rule 59G-4.100, F.A.C., is to incorporate by reference the Florida Medicaid Federally Qualified Health Center Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook, March 2012. The amendment will change the reimbursement by increasing the number of individual recipient visits to a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC).
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Federally Qualified Health Center Services.
An additional area to be addressed during the workshop will be the potential regulatory impact the amendment to Rule 59G-4.100, F.A.C., will have as provided for under Sections 120.54 and 120.541, F.S.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 409.919 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 409.902, 409.905, 409.906, 409.908, 409.9081, 409.912, 409.913 FS.
IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: Monday, January 9, 2012, 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
PLACE: Agency for Health Care Administration, 2727 Mahan Drive, Building 3, Conference Room B, Tallahassee, Florida 32308-5407
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Kathy Canfield at the Bureau of Medicaid Services, (850)412-4207. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Kathy Canfield, Medicaid Services, 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop 20, Tallahassee, Florida 32308-5407, telephone: (850)412-4207, e-mail: kathy.canfield@ahca.myflorida.com
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:
59G-4.100 Federally Qualified Health Center Services.
(1) No change.
(2) All federally qualified health center services providers enrolled in the Medicaid program must be in compliance with the Florida Medicaid Federally Qualified Health Center Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook, March 2012, January 2007, updated April 2008, which is incorporated by reference, and the Florida Medicaid Provider Reimbursement Handbook, CMS-1500, which is incorporated by reference in Rule 59G-4.001, F.A.C. The Both handbooks is are available from the Medicaid fiscal agent’s Web site Portal at www. http://mymedicaid-florida.com. Select Click on Public Information for Providers, then on Provider Support, and then on Provider Handbooks. A Paper copy copies of the handbooks may be obtained by calling the Provider Contact Center at (800)289-7799 and selecting Option 7.
Rulemaking Specific Authority 409.919 FS. Law Implemented 409.902, 409.905, 409.906, 409.908, 409.9081, 409.912, 409.913 FS. History–New 6-27-93, Formerly 10P-4.100, Amended 4-16-95, 5-28-96, 6-24-98, 12-31-01, 11-17-03, 2-19-07, 9-29-08,________.