1. A. For recipients enrolled with the CSoC contractor, reimbursement for services shall be based upon the established Medicaid fee schedule for behavioral health services. For recipients enrolled in one of the MCOs, the department or its fiscal intermediary shall make monthly capitation payments to the MCOs. The capitation rates paid to the MCOs shall be actuarially sound rates and the MCOs will determine the rates paid to its contracted providers. No payment shall be less than the minimum Medicaid rate. Covered inpatient, physician-directed PRTF services rendered to children and youth shall be reimbursed according to the following criteria:

   1. 1. Free-Standing PRTF Facilities. The per diem rate shall include reimbursement for the following services when included on the active treatment plan:

      1. a. occupational therapy;
      2. b. physical therapy;
      3. c. speech therapy;
      4. d. laboratory services; and
      5. e. transportation services.
   2. 2. A free-standing PRTF shall arrange through contract(s) with outside providers to furnish dental, vision, and diagnostic/radiology treatment activities as listed on the treatment plan. The treating provider will be directly reimbursed by the MCO or the CSoC contractor.

   3. 3. Hospital-Based PRTF Facilities. A hospital-based PRTF facility shall be reimbursed a per diem rate for covered services. The per diem rate shall also include reimbursement for the following services when included on the active treatment plan:

      1. a. dental services;
      2. b. vision services;
      3. c. diagnostic testing; and
      4. d. radiology services.
   4. 4. Pharmacy and physician services shall be reimbursed when included on the recipient’s active plan of care and are components of the Medicaid covered PRTF services. The MCO or the CSoC contractor shall make payments directly to the treating physician. The MCO shall also make payments directly to the pharmacy. These payments shall be excluded from the PRTF’s contracted per diem rate for the facility.
2. B. All in-state Medicaid participating PRTF providers are required to file an annual Medicaid cost report in accordance with Medicare/Medicaid allowable and non-allowable costs.

3. C. Cost reports must be submitted annually. The due date for filing annual cost reports is the last day of the fifth month following the facility’s fiscal year end. Separate cost reports must be filed for the facility’s central/home office when costs of that entity are reported on the facility’s cost report. If the facility experiences unavoidable difficulties in preparing the cost report by the prescribed due date, a filing extension may be requested. A filing extension must be submitted to Medicaid prior to the cost report due date.

   1. 1. Facilities filing a reasonable extension request will be granted an additional 30 days to file their cost report.

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, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 38:370 (February 2012), amended by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing and the Office of Behavioral Health, LR 41:2370 (November 2015).