Louisiana § RS 46:460.77.1 - Behavioral health services claims; limitation on service hours; information required for payment

§ RS 46:460.77.1. Behavioral health services claims; limitation on service hours; information required for payment

            A.(1) For purposes of this Section, "CPST services" means community psychiatric support and treatment services and "PSR services" means psychosocial rehabilitation services.

            (2) An individual behavioral health services provider rendering CPST services, PSR services, or both shall be limited to a maximum combined total of twelve reimbursable hours of CPST services and PSR services per rendering provider, per calendar day, regardless of the number of patients seen by the rendering provider unless any of the following conditions are met:

            (a) The medical necessity of the services is documented for a Medicaid recipient receiving more than twelve hours of CPST and PSR services per day per rendering provider.

            (b) The services are billed for a group setting. However, the total hours worked by an individual rendering provider shall not exceed twelve reimbursable hours per calendar day.

            (c) The services are billed for crisis intervention.

            (3)(a) Services subject to the twelve-hour limitation provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection include only CPST and PSR services rendered per individual National Provider Identifier at one or more outpatient behavioral health services provider facilities or agencies within a calendar day.

            (b) The twelve-hour limitation provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection shall not apply per individual behavioral health services provider agency.

            (4)(a) Except as provided in Subparagraph (b) of this Paragraph, the provisions of this Subsection shall apply exclusively to CPST services and PSR services.

            (b) The provisions of this Subsection shall not apply to evidence-based practices including, without limitation, the practices known as assertive community treatment, multisystemic therapy, functional therapy, and homebuilders.

            B. No managed care organization shall accept for payment a claim from a provider of behavioral health services unless that claim includes all claim information required by R.S. 40:2162.

            C. The department shall include the limitation on reimbursable hours of CPST and PSR services provided in Subsection A of this Section in each contract with a managed care organization that covers behavioral health services.

            D. Implementation of any provision of this Section shall be subject to approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

            Acts 2019, No. 370, §1.