The purpose of the amendment to Rule 59G-6.090 is to incorporate by reference the Florida Title XIX County Health Department Reimbursement Plan, Version XII, effective July 1, 2014 (the Plan). The amendment will update the Plan to reflect changes to ...

 

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION

Medicaid

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

59G-6.090Payment Methodologies for County Health Departments

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of the amendment to Rule 59G-6.090, F.A.C., is to incorporate by reference the Florida Title XIX County Health Department Reimbursement Plan, Version XII, effective July 1, 2014 (the Plan). The amendment will update the Plan to reflect changes to the payment methodology for county health departments as authorized in House Bill 5001, 2014-15 General Appropriations Act, Specific Appropriation 234, as follows:

1. $15,334,686 is provided to buy back clinic services rate adjustments, effective on or after July 1, 2008.

2. Editorial and technical changes to remove obsolete language and reorganize existing language.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Payment Methodology for County Health Departments.

An additional area to be addressed during the workshop will be the potential regulatory impact the amendment to Rule 59G-6.090, F.A.C., will have as provided for under Sections 120.54 and 120.541, F.S.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 409.919 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 409.908, 409.913 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:

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, July 29, 2014, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 Noon

PLACE: Agency for Health Care Administration, 2727 Mahan Drive, Building 3, Conference Room C, 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: Edwin Stephens 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: Edwin Stephens, Medicaid Services, 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop 20, Tallahassee, Florida 32308-5407, telephone: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]

Comments will be received until 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 5, 2014.

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.