Agenda

Meeting of the Medical Services Board

The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing

May 13, 2005
9:00 A.M.

The meeting will be held at the Cherry Creek Corporate Center Bldg.  4500 Cherry Creek Drive South, 5th Floor Conference Room Denver, CO 80246.

Members:

Steve Tool, President; Joe Rall, Vice President; Wendell Phillips; David Bolin; Dr. Matthew Dunn; Micheal Oliva; Richard Markley; Joan Johnson, PhD; Marguerite Salazar; Julie Reiskin; Sally Schaefer.
  

1. Roll Call

2. General Announcements

Date and location of the next Medical Services Board meeting:  The meeting will be held June 10, 2005 beginning at 9:00 a.m., at the Cherry Creek Corporate Center Bldg.  4500 Cherry Creek Drive South, 5th Floor Conference Room Denver, CO 80246.

3. Approval of the minutes from the April 8, 2005 meeting

4. Open Forum for Public Comments

5. Rules

Emergency Adoption

Document 1 - MSB 04-07-06-A - Revisions to the Respite Care Benefit Rule in the Home and Community Based Services for the Elderly Blind and Disabled (HCBS-EBD) Waiver Program  (Barb Ramsey, Community Based Long Term Care Section)

Final Adoption by Consent Agenda

Document 2 - MSB 05-03-02-A - Revisions to the Provider Appeals Rule.  (Viki Manley, Long Term Benefits Division)
  
Document 3 - MSB 04-03-18-D - Revisions to the Rules Concerning Rural Health Clinics.  (Laurel Karabatsos, Health Benefits Division)

Document 4 - MSB 04-03-18-A - Revision to the Ambulatory Surgery Centers Rules.  (Laurel Karabatsos, Health Benefits Division)
 
Document 5 - MSB 05-01-06-A - Revisions to Recipient Appeals Rule, Request for Hearing.  (Jean Hohn, Appeals Office)

Document 6 - MSB 05-02-23-A - Revision to the School Health Services Rule.  (Jed Zeigenhagen and Michelle Farrell, Data Section)

Document 7 - MSB 04-12-22-B - Cost Modification to the Methodology for Calculating Cost to Charge Ratios.  (Domenica Blum and Jessica Wagner, Rates section)

The Medical Services Board voted that testimony on Documents 3 through 8 was complete and these items were placed on a consent agenda for final adoption.  Board Members may remove rules from the consent agenda to consider further comment.

Final Emergency Adoption

Document 8 - MSB 04-12-08-A - Revisions to the Community Mental Health Services  (Deborah Amesbury, Mental Health Benefits Unit)

Final Adoption

Document 9 - MSB 03-11-20-A - Revisions to the Nursing Facility ICFs/MR (Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded) Reimbursement Rules.  (Viki Manley, Long Term Benefits Division)

Document 10 - MSB 04-10-12-A - Revisions to the Long Term Care Rule.  (Barb Ramsey, Community Based Long Term Care Section)

Document 11- MSB 04-03-18-C - Revisions to the Federally Qualified Health Center Services Rule.  (Laurel Karabatsos, Health Benefits Division)

Initial Approval

Document 12 - MSB 05-03-16-A - Revisions to the Managed Care Ombudsman Program, Rule 8.209.  (Barbara Prehmus, Medical Assistance Office)
 
Document 13 - MSB 05-02-18-A - HCBS - Consumer Directed Care for the Elderly.  (Aggie Berens, Systems Change Section)

6. Department Updates

7. Adjourn