MO HealthNet Publishes Emergency Rules

The Missouri Department of Social Services’ MO HealthNet Division published emergency rules on July 30. 

Emergency rules 13 CSR 70-3.300 and 13 CSR 70-3.310 rescind language regarding removal of complementary health and alternative therapies for chronic pain management and chiropractic services as MO HealthNet covered services.

Emergency rule 13 CSR 70-15.015 removes the definition of state-deemed critical access hospitals and updates the language related to the stop-loss payment, which will allow for annual adjustments. It also adds language recognizing the governor’s budget withholds on psychiatric adjustment payments and clarifies Graduate Medical Education payments are to be made to in-state hospitals.

Emergency rule 13 CSR 70-15.160 updates all documents incorporated by reference and used to create the outpatient simplified fee schedule, and updates the language for the outpatient rate adjustment.