1756 Office of Medical Assistance programs; neonatal intensive care procedure codes

Office of Medical Assistance Programs; Neonatal Intensive Care Procedure Codes

[26 Pa.B. 5059]

   The Department of Public Welfare announces effective August 1, 1996, the addition of three neonatal intensive care procedure codes to the Medical Assistance Program Fee Schedule for physicians providing direct care of a neonate or infant in a neonatal intensive care unit. The procedure codes are:

Code	Description
99295	Initial neonatal intensive care per day, for the evaluation and management of a critically ill neonate or infant.
99296	Subsequent neonatal intensive care, per day, for the evaluation and management of a critically ill and unstable neonate or infant.
99297	Subsequent neonatal intensive care, per day, for the evaluation and management of a critically ill and stable neonate or infant.

   The fiscal note was prepared under provision of section 612 of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 232).

   The Department estimates the cost of the three procedure codes to be $1,829,369 for Fiscal Year 1996-1997 ($862,548 in State funds; $966,821 in Federal funds).

Contact Person

   Interested persons are invited to submit written comments to this notice within 30 days of this publication. Comments should be sent to the Department of Public Welfare, Office of Medical Assistance Programs, c/o Regulations Coordinator, Room 515, Health and Welfare Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120.

   Persons with a disability may use the AT&T Relay Service by calling 1 [phone] (TDD users) or 1 [phone] (Voice users), or may use the Department of Public Welfare TDD by calling [phone]. Persons who require assistance should contact Thomas G. Vracarich at [phone].

FEATHER O. HOUSTOUN,   
Secretary

   Fiscal Note: 14-NOT-132. (1)  General Fund; (2)  Implementing Year 1996-97 is $863,000; (3)  1st Succeeding Year 1997-98 is $1,263,000; 2nd Succeeding Year 1998-99 is $1,389,000; 3rd Succeeding Year 1999-00 is $1,528,000; 4th Succeeding Year 2000-01 is $1,681,000; 5th Succeeding Year 2001-02 is $1,849,000; (4)  Fiscal Year 1995-96 is $792,293,000; Fiscal Year 1994-95 is $722,422,000; Fiscal Year 1993-94 is $623,050,000; (7)  Medical Assistant--Outpatient; (8)  recommends adoption. Funding to provide three neonatal intensive care procedure codes to the Medical Assistance Program Fee Schedule has been included in the 1996-97 Rebudget of the Department of Public Welfare, Medical Assistance--Outpatient Appropriation.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 96-1756. Filed for public inspection October 18, 1996, 9:00 a.m.]