- A. Consultations with more than one facility health professional on the same day and at a single location constitute a single encounter. Services shall not be arbitrarily delayed or split in order to bill additional encounters. A maximum of one encounter per recipient per 24-hour period shall be reimbursed.
Authority Note
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36: 254 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act.
Historical Note
HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 31:2030 (August 2005).