The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Christine Arbo Peck.
DIGEST
SB 144 Reengrossed 2018 Regular Session Mills
Present law provides major teaching hospitals with an opportunity for Medicaid reimbursement
based on a hospital prospective reimbursement methodology in which Medicaid payment is made
based on a predetermined fixed amount if the hospital has an affiliation with a Louisiana medical
school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and participates in at least four
approved medical residency programs of which two are in medicine, surgery, obstetrics, pediatrics,
family practice, emergency medicine, or psychiatry, or maintains an intern and resident full-time
equivalency of at least 20 filled positions.
Proposed law repeals present law.
Effective upon implementation of a diagnosis-related group hospital payment methodology
approved by CMS.
(Repeals R.S. 40:1241)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to the
original bill
1. Provides that the provisions of the Act shall only become effective upon
implementation of a diagnosis-related group hospital payment methodology
approved by CMS.