La. Admin. Code tit. 50 § I-12501

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section I-12501 - General Provisions

A. In accordance with the provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the department establishes a Medicaid electronic health record (EHR) incentive payment program to provide payments to eligible professional practitioners and hospitals that adopt, implement or upgrade certified Electronic Health Record (EHR) technology.

B. The following providers may qualify to receive Medicaid incentive payments:

1. physicians;

2. nurse practitioners;

3. certified nurse-midwives;

4. dentists;

5. physician assistants who direct a federally qualified health center (FQHC) or rural health clinic (RHC);

6. optometrists;

7. acute care hospitals, including cancer and critical access hospitals; and

8. children's specialty hospitals.

C. Eligible providers shall meet the appropriate meaningful use requirements for certified EHR systems as established by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

D. Payments shall be distributed through a web-based Medicaid EHR incentive payment system and at the frequency specified by the department.

La. Admin. Code tit. 50, § I-12501

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 36:2865 (December 2010), amended LR 39:505 (March 2013).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act.