59G-4.100: Federally Qualified Health Center Services
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of this rule amendment is to incorporate by reference update April 2008 to the Florida Medicaid Federally Qualified Health Center Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook. The handbook was updated to add the range of codes for billing administration of vaccines to Medicaid recipients from birth to 18 years of age and to add an immunization code for an “unlisted vaccine.” The update corrects the codes for tetanus and diphtheria vaccine, preservative free, and tetanus, diphtheria, acellular pertussis vaccine. The update also replaces “Norplant Kit” with “Implanon.” The effect will be to incorporate by reference in the rule update April 2008 to the Florida Medicaid Federally Qualified Health Center Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook.
SUMMARY: The purpose of this rule amendment is to incorporate by reference update April 2008 to the Florida Medicaid Qualified Health Center Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: No Statement of Estimated Regulatory Cost was prepared.
Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 409.919 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 409.905, 409.906, 409.908, 409.9081 FS.
IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE,TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW(IF NOT REQUESTED, THIS HEARING WILL NOT BE HELD):
DATE AND TIME: Monday, July 7, 2008, 2:00 p.m.
PLACE: Agency for Health Care Administration, 2727 Mahan Drive, Building #3, Conference Room D, Tallahassee, Florida
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Kathy Canfield, Agency for Health Care Administration, Bureau of Medicaid Services, 2727 Mahan Drive, MS 20, Tallahassee, Florida 32308, (850)922-7324, canfielm@ahca.myflorida.com
THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:
59G-4.100 Federally Qualified Health Center Services.
(1) No change.
(2) All federally qualified health center services providers enrolled in the Medicaid program must be in compliance with the Florida Medicaid Federally Qualified Health Center Services Coverage and Limitations Handbook, January 2007, updated April 2008, which is incorporated by reference, and the Florida Medicaid Provider Reimbursement Handbook, CMS-1500, which is incorporated by reference in Rule 59G-4.001, F.A.C. Both handbooks are available from the Medicaid fiscal agent’s website at http://mymedicaid-florida.com floridamedicaid.acs-inc.com. Click on Provider Support, and then on Provider Handbooks. Paper copies of the handbooks may be obtained by calling the Provider Contact Center Inquiry at (800)289-7799 377-8216 and selecting Option 7.
Specific Authority 409.919 FS. Law Implemented 409.905, 409.906, 409.908, 409.9081 FS. History–New 6-27-93, Formerly 10P-4.100, Amended 4-16-95, 5-28-96, 6-24-98, 12-31-01, 11-17-03, 2-19-07, _________.