2024 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 132
BY SENATOR MCMATH
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request the Louisiana Department of Health to update the Medicaid outpatient
laboratory fee schedule to cover all CPT codes related to respiratory viral panels.
WHEREAS, hospitals and healthcare providers throughout Louisiana are impacted
by the Louisiana Department of Health's decision to not update their laboratory fee schedule
to cover all CPT codes related to respiratory viral panels; and
WHEREAS, healthcare providers that participate in Louisiana Medicaid currently
cannot be reimbursed for respiratory viral panels for certain infectious viral diseases; and
WHEREAS, the utilization of respiratory panels is a means of detecting potential
respiratory infections which might complicate a patient's diagnosis and treatment options;
and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Department of Health has recognized the need for the
Medicaid program of this state to cover and pay for laboratory testing for respiratory viral
infections, particularly when the testing utilizes high-throughput technology; and
WHEREAS, when ordered by a Louisiana hospital or healthcare provider, these
respiratory viral panels provide a useful and effective means of identifying, quickly treating,
and limiting the spread of serious respiratory infections.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of Louisiana does hereby urge
and request the Louisiana Department of Health to update the Medicaid outpatient fee
schedule to cover all CPT codes related to respiratory viral panels to ensure that Louisiana
hospitals and healthcare providers can bill appropriately for testing using respiratory viral
panels.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health and to the chief medical director of
Louisiana Medicaid.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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