On March 20, 1991, the Louisiana Medicaid Program adopted the following rule:
Practitioners
who participate as providers of medical services shall bill Medicaid for all
covered services performed on behalf of an eligible individual who has been
accepted by the provider as a Medicaid patient.
This rule prohibits Medicaid providers from "picking and choosing" the
services for which they agree to accept a client's Medicaid payment as payment
in full for services rendered. Providers
must bill Medicaid for all services
covered by Medicaid that they provide to their clients.
Providers continue to have the option of picking and choosing from which patients they
will accept Medicaid. Providers are not required to accept every Medicaid patient requiring treatment.