Notice of Development of Rulemaking

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Medicaid
RULE NO: RULE TITLE
59G-4.002: Medicaid Provider Reimbursement Schedule
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: Rule 59G-4.002, F.A.C., incorporates by reference the Florida Medicaid Provider Reimbursement Schedule, March 2009. The reimbursement schedule contains the procedure codes and maximum fees that are effective March 2009 for the following provider types whose fees are based on a resource-based relative value scale: advanced registered nurse practitioner, birth center, chiropractic, dental, hearing, independent laboratory, licensed midwife, optometric, outpatient hospital laboratory, physician, physician assistant, podiatry, portable x-ray, registered nurse first assistant, and visual. The effect will be to incorporate by reference in rule the Florida Medicaid Provider Reimbursement Schedule, March 2009.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Medicaid Provider Reimbursement.
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 16, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
PLACE: Agency for Health Care Administration, 2727 Mahan Drive, Building #3, Conference Room D, Tallahassee, Florida
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Ouida Mazzoccoli, Bureau of Medicaid Services, 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop 20, Tallahassee, Florida 32308, (850)922-7351, mazzocco@ahca.myflorida.com

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:

59G-4.002 Medicaid Provider Reimbursement Schedule.

Medicaid providers who provide the following services and their billing agents who submit claims on behalf of an enrolled Medicaid provider must be in compliance with the provisions of the Florida Medicaid Provider Reimbursement Schedule, March 2009 July 2008, which is incorporated by reference: advanced registered nurse practitioner, birth center, chiropractic, dental, hearing, independent laboratory, licensed midwife, optometric, outpatient hospital laboratory, physician, physician assistant, podiatry, portable x-ray, registered nurse first assistant, and visual. The Florida Medicaid Provider Reimbursement Schedule is available from the Medicaid fiscal agent’s Web Portal at http://mymedicaid-florida.com. Click on Public Information for Providers, then on Provider Support, and then on Fee Schedules. Paper copies of the reimbursement schedule may be obtained by calling the Provider Contact Center at (800)298-7799 and selecting Option 7.

Specific Authority 409.919 FS. Law Implemented 409.905, 409.906, 409.908 FS. History–New 8-18-05, Amended 11-30-05, 4-16-06, 10-11-06, 3-27-07, 7-25-07, 9-29-08,________.