General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6960
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 4677
*04677_______HS_*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 6960
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 4677
*04677_______HS_*
Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES
Introduced by:
(HS)
AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID PRESCRIPTIONS WRITTEN BY HOSPITAL RESIDENT PHYSICIANS AND INTERNS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD STANDARDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 17b-239 of the general statutes is amended by adding subsection (j) as follows (Effective from passage):
(NEW) (j) Not later than October 1, 2015, the Commissioner of Social Services shall adjust the Medicaid claims approval process for services ordered, prescribed or referred by hospital interns and resident physicians so that such process is consistent with the standards of Medicare and other payors. When validating a claim containing the identification number of an attending physician, the commissioner shall not require that a hospital intern or resident physician individually enroll as a Medicaid provider or be identified individually on any order, prescription or referral related to such claim.
Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 17b-34 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2015):
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services shall, in accordance with Section 4201 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, P.L. 111-5, develop and implement a Medicaid health information technology plan and shall establish a Medicaid electronic health record incentive program to provide incentives for hospitals and other health care providers which adopt and meaningfully use electronic health records to improve patient health and the quality and efficiency of health care service delivery. Eligible hospitals and health care providers that participate in the program shall not be subject to data transmission testing standards for public health reporting that exceed standards recommended by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. If multiple health care providers are using the same certified electronic health record technology in a shared physical setting, testing would only have to occur once for a given certified electronic health record technology.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 17b-239
Sec. 2 July 1, 2015 17b-34(b)
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
17b-239
Sec. 2
July 1, 2015
17b-34(b)
Statement of Purpose:
To ensure that state requirements for Medicaid hospital claims processing are consistent with Medicare requirements and that state standards for the electronic health record incentive payment program do not exceed federal standards.
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