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22-6-229
Section 22-6-229 Termination of certification. (a) The Medicaid Agency shall establish by rule
the procedure for the termination of an integrated care network certification for non-performance
of contractual duty or for failure to meet or maintain standards or requirements provided
by this article or established by the Medicaid Agency as required by this article. (b) Termination
of an integrated care network certification shall follow the standard administrative process
with the right to a hearing before a hearing officer appointed by the Medicaid Agency. (Act
2015-322, §11.)...
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22-6-227
Section 22-6-227 Quality assurance committee; reporting requirements. (a) The Medicaid Agency
shall create a quality assurance committee appointed by the Medicaid Commissioner to review
the care rendered through the integrated care networks. The members of the committee shall
serve two-year terms. The Medicaid Agency shall promulgate a rule establishing the membership
and criteria to serve on the quality assurance committee. (b) The Medicaid Agency shall continuously
evaluate the outcome and quality measures adopted by the committee pursuant to this section.
(c) The Medicaid Agency shall utilize available data systems for reporting outcome and quality
measures adopted by the committee and take actions to eliminate any redundant reporting or
reporting of limited value. (d) The Medicaid Agency shall publish the information collected
under this section at aggregate levels that do not disclose information otherwise protected
by law. The information published shall report all of the...
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22-18-50
Section 22-18-50 Enactment and text of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate
Compact. The Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact is hereby enacted
into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially
as follows: SECTION 1. PURPOSE In order to protect the public through verification of competency
and ensure accountability for patient care related activities all states license emergency
medical services (EMS) personnel, such as emergency medical technicians (EMTs), advanced EMTs
and paramedics. This Compact is intended to facilitate the day to day movement of EMS personnel
across state boundaries in the performance of their EMS duties as assigned by an appropriate
authority and authorize state EMS offices to afford immediate legal recognition to EMS personnel
licensed in a member state. This Compact recognizes that states have a vested interest in
protecting the public's health and safety...
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41-15B-2.2
Section 41-15B-2.2 Allocation of trust fund revenues. (a) For each fiscal year, beginning October
1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues and upon
appropriation by the Legislature, an amount of up to and including two hundred twenty-five
thousand dollars ($225,000), or equivalent percentage of the total fund, shall be designated
for the administration of the fund by the council and the Commissioner of Children's Affairs.
(b) For the each fiscal year, beginning October 1, 1999, contingent upon the Children First
Trust Fund receiving tobacco revenues, the remainder of the Children First Trust Fund, in
the amounts provided for in Section 41-15B-2.1, shall be allocated as follows: (1) Ten percent
of the fund shall be allocated to the Department of Public Health for distribution to one
or more of the following: a. The Children's Health Insurance Program. b. Programs for tobacco
control among children with the purpose being to reduce the consumption...
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22-6-228
Section 22-6-228 Risk contracts. A risk contract between the Medicaid Agency and an integrated
care network shall be for two years, with the option for Medicaid to renew the contract for
not more than three additional one-year periods. The Medicaid Agency shall obtain provider
input and an independent evaluation of the cost savings, patient outcomes, and quality of
care provided by an integrated care network, and obtain the results of an integrated care
network's evaluation in time to use the findings to decide whether to enter into another multi-year
contract with the integrated care networks or change the Medicaid care delivery system associated
with an integrated care network. (Act 2015-322, §10.)...
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22-6-232
Section 22-6-232 Coverage of Medicaid beneficiaries by integrated care networks. (a) The Medicaid
Agency shall determine by rule which groups of Medicaid beneficiaries to include for coverage
by an integrated care network. The Medicaid Agency, without the approval of the Governor,
shall not make a coverage decision that would affect Medicaid beneficiaries who are directly
served by another state agency. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the current Medicaid long-term
care programs shall continue as currently administered by the Medicaid Agency until one or
more integrated care networks are fully operational and has entered into a risk contract as
provided herein. (Act 2015-322, §14.)...
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22-6-225
Section 22-6-225 Denial of claims; grievances and appeals. (a) The Medicaid Agency shall establish
by rule procedures for safeguarding against wrongful denial of claims and addressing grievances
of enrollees in an integrated care network. (b) If a patient or the provider is dissatisfied
with the decision of an integrated care network, the patient or provider may file a written
notice of appeal to the Medicaid Agency. The Medicaid Agency shall adopt rules governing the
appeal, which shall include a full evidentiary hearing and a finding on the record. The Medicaid
Agency's decision shall be binding upon the integrated care network. However, a patient or
provider may file an appeal in circuit court in the county in which the patient resides, or
the county in which the provider provides services. (c) The Medicaid Agency shall by rule
establish procedures for addressing grievances and appeals of the integrated care network.
The appeal procedure shall include an opportunity for a fair...
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22-6-222
Section 22-6-222 Citizens' advisory committee. There shall be a citizens' advisory committee
constituted to advise the integrated care network on ways the integrated care network may
be more efficient in providing quality care to Medicaid beneficiaries. In addition, the advisory
committee shall carry out other functions and duties assigned to it by the integrated care
network and approved by the Medicaid Agency. The committee shall meet all of the following
criteria: (1) Be selected in a method established by the organization seeking to become an
integrated care network, or established by an integrated care network, and approved by the
Medicaid Agency. (2) At least 20 percent of its members shall be Medicaid beneficiaries or
sponsors of Medicaid beneficiaries or, if the organization has been certified as an integrated
care network, at least 20 percent of its members shall be Medicaid beneficiaries enrolled
in the integrated care network, or their sponsor. (3) Include members who are...
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22-6-233
Section 22-6-233 Legislative findings; certification of collaborators; powers of Medicaid Agency;
state action immunity. (a) The Legislature declares that collaboration among public payers,
private health carriers, third party purchasers, and providers to identify appropriate service
delivery systems and reimbursement methods in order to align incentives in support of integrated
and coordinated health care delivery is in the best interest of the public. Collaboration
pursuant to this article is to provide quality health care at the lowest possible cost to
Alabama citizens who are Medicaid eligible. The Legislature, therefore, declares that this
health care delivery system affirmatively contemplates the foreseeable displacement of competition,
such that any anti-competitive effect may be attributed to the state's policy to displace
competition in the delivery of a coordinated system of health care for the public benefit.
In furtherance of this goal, the Legislature declares its intent...
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40-26B-70
Section 40-26B-70 Definitions. For purposes of this article, the following terms shall have
the following meanings: (1) ACCESS PAYMENT. A payment by the Medicaid program to an eligible
hospital for inpatient or outpatient hospital care, or both, provided to a Medicaid recipient.
(2) ALL PATIENT REFINED DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUP (APR-DRG). A statistical system of classifying
any non-Medicare inpatient stay into groups for the purposes of payment. (3) ALTERNATE CARE
PROVIDER. A contractor, other than a regional care organization, that agrees to provide a
comprehensive package of Medicaid benefits to Medicaid beneficiaries in a defined region of
the state pursuant to a risk contract. (4) CERTIFIED PUBLIC EXPENDITURE (CPE). A certification
in writing of the cost of providing medical care to Medicaid beneficiaries by publicly owned
hospitals and hospitals owned by a state agency or a state university plus the amount of uncompensated
care provided by publicly owned hospitals and hospitals...
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