The purpose of the amendment to Rule 59G-4.030 is to combine birth center services and licensed midwife services into one rule and to incorporate by reference the Florida Medicaid Birth Center and Licensed Midwife Services Coverage and Limitations ...

 

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Medicaid

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:
59G-4.030: Birth Center Services and Licensed Midwife Services

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of the amendment to Rule 59G-4.030 is to combine birth center services and licensed midwife services into one rule and to incorporate by reference the Florida Medicaid Birth Center and Licensed Midwife Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook, April 2013. The handbook will update policy and establish two separate fees, one for facility services and one for practitioner services. This rule applies to all birth center and licensed midwife providers enrolled in the Medicaid program.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Birth Center Services and Licensed Midwife Services
An additional area to be addressed during the workshop will be the potential regulatory impact Rule 59G-4.030 will have as provided for under sections 120.54 and 120.541, F.S.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 409.919, FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 409.902, 409.906, 409.907, 409.908, 409.9081, 409.912, 409.913 FS.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, November 7, 2012 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.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: Mary McCullough at the Bureau of Medicaid Services, [phone] 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, IS: Mary McCullough, Medicaid Services, 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop 20, Tallahassee, Florida. 32308-5407, telephone: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail].

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS:

59G-4.030 Birth Center Services and Licensed Midwife Services.

(1) This rule applies to all birth center and licensed midwife providers enrolled in the Medicaid program for birth center services under Section 409.906, F.S.

(2) All birth center services and licensed midwife providers enrolled in the Medicaid program must be in compliance with the Florida Medicaid Birth Center and Licensed Midwife Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook, April 2013 January 2004, updated January 2005, 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 handbook is available from the Medicaid fiscal agent’s Web site at www.mymedicaid-florida.com. Select Public Information for Providers, then Provider Support, and then Provider Handbooks. Paper copies of the handbook may be obtained by calling the Provider Services Contact Center at 1 [phone] and selecting Option 7.  Both handbooks are available from the Medicaid fiscal agent.

Rulemaking Specific Authority 409.919 FS. Law Implemented 383.335, 409.902, 409.906, 409.907, 409.908, 409.9081 ,409.912, 409.913 FS. History–New 4-18-85, Formerly 10C-7.532, Amended 8-18-92, Formerly 10C-7.0532, Amended 4-22-96, 3-11-98, 10-13-98, 5-24-99, 4-23-00, 8-5-01, 2-20-03, 8-5-0, 7-27-04, 8-18-05, _______________.