Rule 23-212-1.2 - Provider RequirementsA. To participate as a Rural Health Clinic (RHC) in the Medicaid program, an organization must be approved by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as an RHC.B. RHC providers must comply with the requirements set forth in Miss. Admin. Code Part 200, Rule 4.8 for all providers in addition to the specific provider type requirements outlined below:1. National Provider Identifier (NPI), verification from the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES),2. A copy of the interim rate notice or current rate letter from CMS,3. Copy of the nurse practitioner's protocol and license to practice. If the nurse practitioner is not enrolled with the Division of Medicaid as a provider, the nurse practitioner must complete a provider application and obtain an individual provider number, and4. Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) Information form and current CLIA certificate, if applicable. a) If the RHC performs only the six (6) tests listed in Miss. Admin. Code Part 212, Rule 1.3.D., a waiver certificate from the regional Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) office must be obtained.b) If the RHC provides other laboratory tests on site, the RHC must comply with all CLIA requirements for the laboratory services actually provided.C. An RHC must provide the following six (6) laboratory services on site which are included in the PPS rate: 1. Chemical examinations of urine by stick or tablet method or both, including urine ketones,2. Hemoglobin or hematocrit,4. Examination of stool specimens for occult blood,6. Primary culturing for transmittal to a certified laboratory.D. The Division of Medicaid does not allow co-mingling.E. Physicians and non-physician practitioners cannot operate a private Medicare or Medicaid practice during RHC hours of operation using the RHC's resources.F. The effective date of the Medicaid provider enrollment will be:1. The date of Medicare certification if the provider requests enrollment in the Medicaid program within one hundred twenty (120) days from the date the Medicare Tie-in Notice was issued to the provider, or2. The first day of the month in which the Division of Medicaid receives the provider's completed enrollment packet if the provider requests enrollment after one hundred twenty (120) days of the issuance of the Medicare Tie-in Notice.G. The Division of Medicaid does not enroll out-of-state providers to provide RHC services, except as described in Miss. Admin. Code Part 200, Rule 4.2 B.H. RHC mobile units must be surveyed by the Mississippi Department of Health (MSDH) and receive an approval letter from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) prior to providing services. 1. All federal and state requirements for RHC mobile units must be met.2. The mobile unit must have a fixed set of locations where the unit is scheduled to be providing services at specified dates and times. a) Locations for RHC mobile unit services must meet the rural and shortage area requirements at the time of survey.b) Provided only within the county or within forty (40) miles of the county where the RHC is located,c) The schedule of times and locations must be posted on the mobile unit and publicized by other means so that beneficiaries will know the mobile unit's schedule in advance.3. NPs must remain within a seventy-five (75) mile distance from the primary physician.23 Miss. Code. R. 212-1.2
42 C.F.R. § 440.230; Miss. Code Ann. §§ 43-13-117, 43-13-121; SPA 18-0013, SPA 2013-033.Revised to correspond with SPA 2013-033 (eff. 11/01/2013); Amended 6/1/2015