22-6-152
Section 22-6-152 Medicaid regions. The Medicaid Agency shall establish by rule geographic Medicaid regions in which a regional care organization or alternate care provider may operate, which together shall cover the entire state. Each Medicaid region, according to an actuary working for Medicaid, shall be capable of supporting at least two regional care organizations or alternate care providers. (Act 2013-261, p. 686, §3.)...
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22-6-160
Section 22-6-160 Evaluation and report on long-term care system for Medicaid beneficiaries. The Medicaid Agency shall decide which groups of Medicaid beneficiaries to include for coverage by a regional care organization or alternate care provider. 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. (Act 2013-261, p. 686, §11; Act 2015-322, §1.)...
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22-6-200
Section 22-6-200 Federal financial participation; contract for services. This article shall be of no effect if federal financial participation under Title XIX of the Social Security Act is not available to the Medicaid program for the purposes of this article at the approved federal medical assistance percentage, established under Section 1905 of the Social Security Act, for the applicable fiscal year, or in the event a contract for services between the PACE program and the State of Alabama Medicaid Agency or Regional Care Organization is not executed by September 30, 2014, and by the end of each subsequent state fiscal year thereafter. (Act 2014-126, p. 236, §11.)...
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22-11B-1
Section 22-11B-1 Health care providers upon request required to give immunization status of patients. (a) Notwithstanding any of the confidentiality provisions in Chapter 11A of this title, or any other provisions of law, every public and private health care provider shall, upon request of the persons or entities herein identified, provide information concerning the immunization status of any patient in accordance with rules promulgated by the State Board of Health to the following persons and entities: (1) Other public and private health care providers. (2) Health care insurers of all descriptions. (3) The Alabama Medicaid Agency. (4) Individuals and organizations with a need to verify the immunization status of persons in their care, custody, or enrollment, including but not limited to, the chief executive officer, or a designee of the officer, of a public or private day care center, school, or postsecondary educational institution. (b) The authorization granted pursuant to this...
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22-6-226
Section 22-6-226 Review and approval of contracts; rules governing operation of integrated care networks. (a) All provider contracts of an organization granted final certification as an integrated care network shall be subject to review and approval of the Medicaid Agency. (b)(1) If a provider is dissatisfied with any term or provision of the agreement or contract offered by an integrated care network, the provider shall: a. Seek redress with the integrated care network. In providing redress, an integrated care network shall afford the provider a review by a panel composed of a representative of an integrated care network, the same type of provider, and a representative of the citizens' advisory board appointed by the chair of the advisory board. b. After seeking redress with an integrated care network, a provider or an integrated care network who remains dissatisfied may request a review of such disputed term or provision by the Medicaid Agency. The Medicaid Agency shall have 10 days...
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29-2-105
Section 29-2-105 Coordination council - Composition; meetings; duties. (a) The committee shall convene a council composed of the chair of the committee or his or her designee and the commissioner or the commissioner's designee of each department of state government that administers services to children, youth, and their families, including, but not limited to, the Department of Education, the Department of Human Resources, the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Public Health, the Medicaid Agency, the Department of Youth Services, the Department of Rehabilitation Services, one member from the Alabama Association of County Directors of Human Resources appointed by that organization, one member from the Alabama Residential Child Care Association appointed by that organization, two members from the Alabama Foster Parent Association appointed by that organization, one member from the Juvenile Court Judges Association appointed by that organization, one guardian ad litem...
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35-11-371
Section 35-11-371 Perfection of lien. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) HEALTH CARE PAYOR. A health care insurer, health maintenance organization, or health care service plan organized under Article 6, Chapter 20, Title 10A, authorized to provide health care coverage in the state. (2) SATISFY THE CLAIM. Receipt by the hospital of either of the following: a. Full payment for services as billed. b. If the hospital has a contract with the injured person's health care payor, payment together with all credits, discounts, and contractual adjustments that the patient's bill would be entitled under the contract, including recoupments, between the hospital and the patient's health care payor which extinguish the patient's obligation for the services rendered. (b) Unless specifically contrary to any contractual agreement between the hospital and the injured person's health care payor or unless contrary to any statute or governmental...
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27-1-21
Section 27-1-21 Uniformity of limits applied to fulfillment of certain drug prescriptions. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) ENROLLEE. A person enrolled in a health benefit plan. (2) HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN. Any individual or group plan, policy, or contract for health care services issued, delivered, issued for delivery, renewed in this state by a health care insurer, health maintenance organization, accident and sickness insurer, fraternal benefit society, nonprofit hospital service corporation, nonprofit medical service corporation, health care service plan, or any other person, firm, corporation, joint venture, or other similar business entity that pays for, purchases, or furnishes health care services to patients, insureds, or beneficiaries in this state. The term includes, but is not limited to, entities created pursuant to Article 6 of Chapter 4 of Title 10. The term shall not include any collective bargaining agreement...
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34-14C-5
Section 34-14C-5 Exemptions. The licensure requirements of this chapter do not apply to the following entities or practitioners: (1) Home health agencies certified by the State of Alabama to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. (2) Hospital based home medical equipment services, whether or not the services are provided through a separate corporation or other business entity. (3) Health care practitioners legally eligible to order or prescribe home medical equipment, or who use home medical equipment to treat patients in locations other than the patient's residence, including, but not limited to, physicians, nurses, physical therapists, respiratory therapists, speech therapists, occupational therapists, optometrists, chiropractors, and podiatrists, except for those practitioners, other than a licensed physician practicing medicine, who provide home medical equipment services in a patient's residence. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting or restricting...
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34-23-183
Section 34-23-183 Application. This article shall apply to any audit of the records of a pharmacy conducted by a managed care company, nonprofit hospital or medical service organization, health benefit plan, third-party payor, pharmacy benefit manager, a health program administered by a department of the state, except the Alabama Medicaid Agency, or any entity that represents those companies, groups, or department. (Act 2012-306, p. 668, §4; Act 2018-457, §1.)...
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