Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Medicaid Committee on January 30, 2018. The 2018 session has ended.
2018 Regular Session
Senate Bill 2837
Administration of the Mississippi Medicaid program; revise services, rates and managed-care conditions and extend repealer.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislature published with the bill.
AN ACT RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE MISSISSIPPI MEDICAID PROGRAM; TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-117, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN RURAL HOSPITALS TO BE REIMBURSED FOR OUTPATIENT SERVICES ON AN ALTERNATIVE REIMBURSEMENT METHODOLOGY, TO DELETE THE ANNUAL LIMITATION ON THE MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR PHYSICIAN VISITS, TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN PHYSICIANS TO BE REIMBURSED AT A RATE NOT LESS THAN 100% OF THE MEDICARE RATE AND MEDICAID MANAGED CARE PLANS TO REIMBURSE FOR THE SAME SERVICES IN THE SAME MANNER, TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICES PROVIDED BY A PSYCHIATRIST TO BE REIMBURSED AT 100% OF THE MEDICARE RATE, TO AUTHORIZE MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR TREATMENT FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS INCLUDING TOBACCO CESSATION AND ALCOHOL AND CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY AND OPIOID ADDICTION UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, TO AUTHORIZE PHYSICIAN-ADMINISTERED DRUGS TO BE REIMBURSED AS A MEDICAL CLAIM OR PHARMACY POINT-OF-SALE CLAIM, TO AUTHORIZE BENEFICIARIES BETWEEN THE AGES OF 10 AND 18 TO BE REIMBURSED FOR VACCINES THROUGH A PHARMACY VENUE, TO AUTHORIZE THE DIVISION TO REIMBURSE FOR THE DRUG 17P OR 17 OHP AS MEDICALLY ORDERED BY A TREATING PHYSICIAN, TO PROHIBIT THE DIVISION FROM REDUCING THE RATE OF REIMBURSEMENT FOR OUTPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES, TO ALLOW MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS TO NEGOTIATE PROVIDER RATES WHICH ARE LESS THAN THE MEDICAID RATE, TO REQUIRE THE DIVISION AND MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN ANNUAL INDEPENDENT PROGRAM AUDITS TO MEASURE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL CRITERIA, TO AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT THE DIVISION TO ESTABLISH A PILOT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE A PROVIDER-SPONSORED HEALTH PLAN, TO REQUIRE ALL MEDICAID MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPLEMENT A STANDARDIZED CREDENTIALING PROCESS, TO REQUIRE ALL MEDICAID MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS TO IMPLEMENT A UNIFORM PROCESS FOR PRIOR AUTHORIZATION FOR MEDICAL NECESSITY, AND TO EXTEND THE AUTOMATIC REPEALER ON THE SECTION AUTHORIZING MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR CARE AND SERVICES; TO AMEND SECTION 43-13-145, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO EXTEND THE AUTOMATIC REPEALER ON THE SECTION WHICH PROVIDES FOR CERTAIN PROVIDER ASSESSMENTS UNDER THE MISSISSIPPI MEDICAID PROGRAM; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
January 15 to January 30, 2018, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateJan 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days
MedicaidJan 15 to Jan 30 · stopped15 days
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.