Ala. Admin. Code r. 560-X-62-.02

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 12, September 30, 2024

Section 560-X-62-.02 - Active Supervision Of Collaboration

(1) The Medicaid Agency shall actively monitor and supervise the collective negotiations, bargaining, and cooperation among Collaborators that have been issued Certificates to Collaborate by the Medicaid Agency and Regional Care Organizations (RCOs) in accordance with Sections 22-6-150, et seq. of the Code of Ala. 1975. Each Collaborator issued a Certificate to Collaborate shall submit an on-line periodic report to the Medicaid Agency no later than March 1 and September 1 of each year in which the Collaborator holds a Certificate to Collaborate.

(2) Each periodic report must contain the information requested by the Medicaid Agency in order to allow the Medicaid Agency to engage in appropriate state supervision in accordance with Section 22-6-163 of the Code of Ala. 1975, including the following information:

(a) A description of the Collaborator's activities during the reporting period conducted pursuant to the Certificate to Collaborate, including a description of what entities and persons with whom the Collaborator engaged in collective negotiations, bargaining, or cooperation during the reporting period;

(b) A description of any progress the Collaborator has made during the reporting period in helping establish or develop a RCO or enrolling as a provider with a RCO;

(c) A description of any concerns or problems encountered in the collaborative process during the reporting period;

(d) A description of the nature and scope of expected future activities pursuant to the Certificate to Collaborate; and

(3) Each periodic report submitted by a Collaborator who intends to help establish or develop a RCO must include additional information concerning whether the RCO is expected to:

(a) result in improved quality of health care services to Medicaid beneficiaries;

(b) result in cost-containment in providing health care services;

(c) result in enhancements in technology;

(d) maintain competition in the health care services market; and

(e) identify appropriate service delivery systems and reimbursement methods in order to align incentives in support of integrated and coordinated health care delivery.

(4) The Collaborator shall certify in each periodic report that the bargaining during the reporting period was in good faith and necessary to meet the legislative intent expressed in Section 22-6-163 of the Code of Ala. 1975.

(5) The Medicaid Agency may inspect or request additional information, inspect or request documentation, and may convene meetings, make inquiries, and have such discussions with entities and persons it deems appropriate.

(6) Failure to file a periodic report required by this rule and failure to provide information or documents requested by the Medicaid Agency are each grounds for revocation of a Certificate to Collaborate pursuant to Alabama Administrative Code r. 560-X-62-.01(10). A holder of a Certificate to Collaborate that is revoked for failure to provide a timely periodic report or other requested information or documents may apply for reinstatement of the Certificate to Collaborate no more than two times (which number may be expanded by the Medicaid Agency for special circumstances as determined in the Medicaid Agency's sole discretion) upon submission of the delinquent periodic report or information, an explanation for failure to provide a timely periodic report, and any other information deemed necessary by the Medicaid Agency.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 560-X-62-.02

New Rule: Filed December 17, 2013; effective January 21, 2014.

Author: Sharon Weaver, Administrator, Administrative Procedures Office

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, §§ 22-6-150 et seq.