LAC 37:XIII.11307. Participation Requirement

A. The health insurance issuer shall provide to the Department of Health and Hospitals through electronic means via a current ANSI X12N 834 transaction format pursuant to the HIPAA transactions and code sets requirements, an initial enrollment roster for each employer group listing employees who are to be covered by the health insurance issuer. B. The initial enrollment roster for each employer group will include all employees who are to be covered by the health insurance issuer regardless of whether or not the employee is eligible for the LaChoice premium subsidy pursuant to §11311. C. The health insurance issuer shall provide monthly employee update transactions to the Department of Health and Hospitals using the 834 transaction format to indicate changes in insurance coverage for employees eligible for the LaChoice premium subsidy pursuant to §11311. Such changes shall include but not be limited to: changes in coverage, terminations from coverage and changes to employee demographics. D. If an employee is to be covered in an employer group by the health insurance issuer and the employee was not included in the initial enrollment roster, the health insurance issuer shall include the employee in a monthly employee update transaction regardless of whether or not the employee is eligible for the LaChoice premium subsidy pursuant to §11311. E. The health insurance issuer shall provide a monthly report to the Department of Insurance indicating the count of all insured or members covered under LaChoice for each employer group. Such list shall include the following categories: 1. a list of current employers enrolled in the program; 2. the number of insured or members who are receiving the subsidy pursuant to §11311; 3. the number of insured or members who are not receiving the subsidy pursuant to §11311.