LAC 50:XXXIII.16103. Payment Methodology

A. The supplemental payment shall be calculated in a manner that will bring payments for these services up to the community rate level. 1. For purposes of these provisions, the community rate shall be defined as the rates paid by commercial payers for the same service. B. The behavioral health provider shall periodically furnish satisfactory data for calculating the community rate as requested by the department. C. The supplemental payment amount shall be determined by establishing a Medicare to community rate conversion factor for the behavioral health provider. At the end of each quarter, for each Medicaid claim paid during the quarter, a Medicare payment amount will be calculated and the Medicare to community rate conversion factor will be applied to the result. Medicaid payments made for the claims paid during the quarter will then be subtracted from this amount to establish the supplemental payment amount for that quarter. 1. The Medicare to community rate conversion factor shall be recalculated at least every three years. D. The supplemental payments shall be made on a quarterly basis.