LAC 48:I.4007. Delinquent and/or Unpaid Fees

A. When the provider fails to pay the fee due, or any portion thereof, on or before the date it becomes delinquent, interest at the rate of 1 1/2 percent per month compounded daily shall be assessed on the unpaid balance until paid. B. Collection of Delinquent Fees 1. For those health care providers enrolled in the Louisiana Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid), collection of delinquent provider fees will be as follows. a. The department will withhold from the provider's Medicaid reimbursement, an amount equal to 50 percent of the reimbursement or the actual amount of the delinquent provider fee, including interest and penalty, whichever is less. b. By enrolling and participating in the Louisiana Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid) a provider agrees that during the period of time delinquent provider fees are being collected, no additional provider fee delinquency will occur. If the provider becomes further delinquent, the department will withhold 100 percent of the Medicaid reimbursement or the actual amount of the delinquent provider fees, including interest and penalty, whichever is less. 2. For those health care providers not enrolled in the Louisiana Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid), the department will avail itself of any and all appropriate legal and judicial remedies in the collection of delinquent provider fees. C. Nonsufficient Fund (NSF) Checks in Payment of Fee. A specific service charge, in accordance with R.S. 9:2782(B) as it may be amended from time to time, shall be imposed on all NSF checks. The tender of three NSF checks shall be cause for an audit, investigation or examination to be made by the department, and the provider will be required to make payment thereafter by certified check or money order. D. In accordance with departmental requirements relative to directed payments, hospitals that fail to pay the assessment due, or any portion thereof, may be subject to one or more of the following: 1. exclusion from participation in any directed payment arrangement approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services pursuant to 42 C.F.R. 438.6; 2. revocation of the hospital’s license; or 3. termination of the hospital’s enrollment in the Medical Assistance Program (Medicaid).