AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:
59G-4.030Birth Center Services
NOTICE OF CHANGE
Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 40, No. 4, January 7, 2014 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.
The following changes have been made to the Florida Medicaid Birth Center and Licensed Midwife Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook.
Page 2-10 Labor Management Services
This section now reads:
Medicaid reimburses birth centers for labor management for recipients who labor at the birth center or at home and are then transferred to the hospital for delivery.
Page 2-10 Delivery Services
The sixth bullet is deleted.
Page 2-11 Postpartum Documentation
The second bullet is deleted.
Page 3-3, a new label and information block is added to the top of the page and will read:
Labor Management Services
Birth centers must bill S4005 for the facility labor management fee when labor management services do not result in a delivery.
Practitioners must bill 99354 and 99355 for the professional labor management fee when labor management services do not result in a delivery in the birth center or at home.
Page 3-3 Post-delivery Services
A second paragraph is added and reads:
Birth centers must not bill 59409 TC when the delivery occurs at another place of service.
