59G-4.055: County Health Department Clinic Services
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of this rule amendment is to incorporate by reference update April 2008 to the Florida Medicaid County Health Department Clinic Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook. The handbook was updated to add the range of codes for billing administration of vaccines to Medicaid recipients from birth to 18 years of age and to add immunization codes for rabies vaccine; tetanus and diphtheria vaccine, preservative free; and an “unlisted vaccine.” The update also corrects the code for tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis vaccine. The effect will be to incorporate by reference in the rule update April 2008 to the Florida Medicaid County Health Department Clinic Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: County Health Department Clinic Services.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 409.919 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 409.905, 409.906, 409.908 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:
TIME AND DATE: Monday, March 24, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
PLACE: Agency for Health Care Administration, 2727 Mahan Drive, Building #3, Conference Room B, Tallahassee, Florida
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Catherine McGrath, Medicaid Services, 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop 20, Tallahassee, Florida 32308-5403, (850)922-7326
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:
59G-4.055 County Health Department Clinic Services.
(1) No change.
(2) All county health department clinic services providers enrolled in the Medicaid program must comply with the Florida Medicaid County Health Department Clinic Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook, January 2007, updated April 2008, incorporated by reference, and the Florida Medicaid Provider Reimbursement Handbook, CMS-1500, incorporated by reference in Rule 59G-4.001, F.A.C. Both handbooks are available from the Medicaid fiscal agent’s website at http://floridamedicaid.acs-inc.com. Click on Provider Support, and then on Handbooks. Paper copies of the handbooks may be obtained by calling Provider Inquiry at (800)377-8216.
Specific Authority 409.919 FS. Law Implemented 409.905, 409.906, 409.908 FS. History–New 6-27-93, Formerly 10P-4.350, Amended 4-16-95, 6-4-96, 6-24-98, 7-18-01, 11-17-03, 2-19-07,________.