The purpose of the amendment to Rule 59G-4.300, F.A.C., is to: update fiscal agent contact information and websites; update and clarify services included in the per diem rates; update and clarify non-institutional services and excluded services; ...

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
Medicaid

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
59G-4.300: State Mental Health Hospital Services
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of the amendment to Rule 59G-4.300, F.A.C., is to: update fiscal agent contact information and websites; update and clarify services included in the per diem rates; update and clarify non-institutional services and excluded services; adopt new AHCA-Med Serv Form 034, Jan 2008; and update references to Medicaid claim form UB 04.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: State Mental Health Hospital Services.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 409.919 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 409.905, 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: January 12, 2010, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon
PLACE: Agency for Health Care Administration, 2727 Mahan Drive, Building 3, Conference Room D, 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 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Patrick Rhodes 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, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Patrick Rhodes, 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-4.300 State Mental Health Hospital Services.

(1) No change.

(2) All state mental hospitals that provide long term inpatient mental health services to Medicaid recipients age 65 and older who meet the Medicaid Institutional Care Program eligibility requirements must be in compliance with the provisions of the Florida Medicaid State Mental Health Hospital Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook, January 2010, September 2005, incorporated by reference, AHCA-Med Serv Form 034, January 2008, incorporated by reference, and the and the Florida Medicaid Provider Reimbursement Handbook, UB 04, July 2008, Institutional 021, which is incorporated in Rule 59G-4.200, F.A.C. Both handbooks are available from the Medicaid fiscal agent’s Web Portal website at http://mymedicaid-florida.com http://floridamedicaid.acs-inc.com. Click on Public Information for Providers, then on Provider Support, and then on Provider Handbooks. Paper copies of the handbooks may be obtained by calling the Medicaid fiscal agent at [phone] and selecting Option 7 Provider Inquiry at [phone].

Rulemaking Specific Authority 409.919 FS. Law Implemented 409.905, 409.908 FS. History–New 5-29-06, Amended_______.