This alert is to remind Florida Medicaid providers that they cannot charge a recipient for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) used during the delivery of a Medicaid covered service. Reimbursement from Florida Medicaid is payment in full for all services. Additional information, including balanced billing prohibitions, is located in the Agency’s General Medicaid Policy.
FCA partner, The Foundation for Chiropractic Progress, has built a brand-new campaign during the COVID-19 pandemic from the ground up: Enhancing Your Health Through Chiropractic Care.
House Bill 713 (Department of Health) by Rep. Ana Maria Rodriguez (R-Doral) [Senate companion 230 by Sen. Gayle Harrell (R-Stuart)], passed on March 20, 2020 and is awaiting the Governor’s approval. It is expected that the Governor will either sign the bill into law or allow it to become law without his signature. The bill proposes to repeal registration of chiropractic assistants effective July 1, 2020 which means that on July 1, 2020 registrations of chiropractic assistants will be without effect. No further registered chiropractic assistant applications will be granted. The 87-page Bill proposed by the Department of Health, amends various health regulation statutes and repeals health care regulatory statutes that are no longer needed. In passing HB 713, the legislature implemented Gov. DeSantis’s goal of reducing government regulation
The repeal of the RCA statute will have no effect on operations of chiropractic offices. Chiropractic physicians may continue to hire individuals to assist in the treatment of patients under direct supervision of a chiropractic physician or certified chiropractic physician’s assistant. Traditionally, employees assisting the chiropractic physician have been referred to as chiropractic assistants or CAs.
Dena Sokolow, an FCA speaker on employment law issues for Florida Laws and Rules, and Shareholder in the Tallahassee office of Baker Donelson*, is offering a live webinar today at 11:30 a.m. on the new Emergency Family Medical Leave Act passed just last week. It takes 1 minute to register. The FCA thanks Ms. Sokolow for offering this to our membership. Read more for an outline of what will be covered.
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