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Utah Administrative Code (Current through November 1, 2019) |
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R414. Health, Health Care Financing, Coverage and Reimbursement Policy |
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R414-140. Choice of Health Care Delivery Program |
| R414-140-1. Introduction and Authority |
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This rule outlines the Choice of Health Care Delivery Program that operates under a freedom-of-choice waiver program authorized under 42 USC 1396n(b). This program provides access to quality and cost-effective health care. This rule is required by Utah Code Subsection 26-18-3(2)(a). |
| R414-140-2. Definitions |
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The definitions in R414-1 apply to this rule. In addition: (1) The "Choice of Health Care Delivery Program" (CHCDP) is a freedom-of-choice waiver program that allows the Department to require certain groups of Medicaid clients living in Davis, Salt Lake, Utah, and Weber counties to select a health plan that provides services in accordance with the program's waiver. The waiver limits freedom of choice in choosing a health care provider. (2) An "Enrollee" in the CHCDP is a Medicaid client who lives in an urban county and is enrolled in a health plan. (3) A "Health Plan" in the CHCDP is a federally defined prepaid inpatient health plan, a federally defined primary care case management system or a federally defined managed care organization under contract with the Utah Department of Health to provide health care services to enrollees. (4) A "Managed Care Organization" (MCO) is an entity that has a comprehensive risk contract with the Department to make the services it provides to its Medicaid enrollees as accessible (in terms of timeliness, amount, duration, and scope) as those services are to other Medicaid clients within the area served by the entity. The CHCDP requires MCOs to provide or arrange for services described in the CHCDP. (5) "Prepaid Inpatient Health Plan" (PIHP) is an entity that contracts with the Department under a non-risk arrangement to provide services described in the CHCDP to Medicaid enrollees. (6) "Primary Care Case Management" (PCCM) is a system under which a physician or other provider contracts with the State to furnish case management services and to provide access to services described in the CHCDP. (7) "Section 1931" is the section of the Social Security Act that raises the income limits for Medicaid eligibility. (8) "Urban county" means a county with a population greater than 175,000. (9) "1115 Demonstration for the Primary Care Network of Utah" is a statewide demonstration waiver that expands Medicaid coverage to adults ages 19 and older who would not otherwise qualify for Medicaid. The two groups of individuals covered under the 1115 Demonstration are Primary Care Network individuals and Non-Traditional Medicaid individuals. Primary Care Network individuals are those who meet certain income requirements who would not otherwise qualify for Medicaid. Non-Traditional Medicaid individuals are those who are ages 19 and older and are not elderly, disabled or pregnant. |
| R414-140-3. Requirement to Select a Health Plan |
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(1) The following Medicaid clients living in urban counties are required to select a health plan: (a) Section 1931 children under the age of 19; (b) pregnant women; (c) blind or disabled children and adults; (d) aged populations; (e) foster care children; and (f) Non-Traditional Medicaid enrollees covered under the 1115 Demonstration for the Primary Care Network of Utah. |
| R414-140-4. Restrictions on Changes in Enrollment |
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(1) The Department must give Medicaid clients a choice of at least two health plans. Each new applicant for Medicaid in the urban counties is offered an orientation about Medicaid and the Choice of Health Care Delivery Program. A health program representative employed by the Department conducts the orientation and also enrolls Medicaid clients in a health plan. During the orientation the clients are presented with health plan options. (2) The Department restricts the disenrollment rights of enrollees who are required to enroll with a health plan in accordance with the regulations at 42 CFR 438.56. Disenrollment rights are restricted for a period of up to 12 months with the following exceptions: (a) during the first three months of the enrollee's initial enrollment with a health plan, the enrollee may select a different health plan without cause; (i) if the enrollee moves out of the health plan's service area; (ii) if the enrollee requests to select a different health plan for good cause and the Department approves the request; or (iii) if the enrollee chooses a different health plan during the Department's annual disenrollment period. |
| R414-140-5. Service Coverage |
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(1) Health plans shall provide all medically necessary services covered under the State Medicaid Plan except: (a) dental services; (b) chiropractic services; (c) long term care services in skilled nursing facilities longer than 30 days with the exception of clients enrolled in the Medicaid Long Term Care Managed Care Program; (d) psychological services; (e) services covered under the Prepaid Mental Health Plan; (f) substance abuse treatment services; and (g) transportation services; (2) Medicaid enrollees who are covered under the Non-Traditional Medicaid Plan are limited to the scope of services as defined in the 1115 Demonstration for the Primary Care Network of Utah. |
| R414-140-6. Qualified Providers |
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The Department selects managed care organizations, prepaid inpatient health plans or primary care case management systems through an open cooperative procurement process in which any qualifying MCO, PIHP or PCCM system may request to contract with the Department to provide services covered under the CHCDP. |
| R414-140-7. Reimbursement Methodology |
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The PIHPs are paid under a non-risk arrangement as described in 42 CFR 447.362. The Department's payments to the health plans may not exceed what the Department would have paid on a fee-for-service basis for services furnished to health plan enrollees plus the net savings of administrative costs the Department achieves by contracting with the health plans instead of purchasing the services on a fee-for-service basis. The PCCM providers are paid under a fee-for-service arrangement. In addition, a fee is paid to cover the provision of case management services. |