La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § V-3701

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section V-3701 - Fee Policy

A. All persons seen for family planning services at an Office of Preventive and Public Health Services health unit or at a site providing family planning services by contract with Office of Preventive and Public Health Services shall be assessed a fee for each chargeable service. Chargeable services are those defined as chargeable under The Louisiana Medicaid Program regardless of the source of payment. Fees will be based on cost and adjusted according to the ability of the recipient to pay.

B. All patients whose gross family income is above 100 percent poverty as determined by the U.S. Community Services Administration as indicated on the fee adjustment schedule shall pay a fee for each service provided. Fees and adjustment to fees are to be established by the fee clerk at the time the patient is registered for service.

C. Patients shall be charged a fee for each service, regardless of which service is provided, in the same manner in which Medicaid is charged. No fee shall be charged for failed or cancelled appointments.

D. Minors seen without the consent and knowledge of parents or legal guardians will be considered as separate family units and will be charged according to the minor's own income whether the source is allowance or earnings.

E. All patients shall be asked to pay their fees at the time of service delivery. However, when patients do not pay at the time of the visit, they shall be handed a "1st Notice of Payment Due". At the end of 60 days, a "2nd Notice of Payment Due" shall be sent out.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § V-3701

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Preventive and Public Health Services, LR 13:246 (April 1987).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with 42 USC 300; 42 CFR Subpart A, Part 59.