Louisiana § RS 40:1243.3 - Upper payment limit mechanism for ambulatory surgical centers
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 40:1243.3 — Upper payment limit mechanism for ambulatory surgical centers, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 40:1243.3. Upper payment limit mechanism for ambulatory surgical centers
A. The Louisiana Department of Health is authorized to seek approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of a program designed to reimburse ambulatory surgical centers that have an agreement with a governmental entity or entities to provide enhanced Medicaid services.
B. The Louisiana Department of Health may develop and maintain a Medicaid upper payment limit financing methodology for ambulatory surgical centers provided for in Subsection A of this Section. The disbursements of money generated by the use of an upper payment limit methodology shall be made only in accordance with an approved waiver or state plan amendment. The source of the nonfederal match for these payments may only be by voluntary certification of expenditures or intergovernmental transfer of funds.
Acts 2014, No. 494, §1, eff. June 5, 2014; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.333 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 40:1243.3 ("Upper payment limit mechanism for ambulatory surgical centers") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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