§9-4D-1. Legislative Findings
(a) The Legislature finds that there are many individuals in this state who have disabilities that qualify them for state or federal assistance and who are nonetheless willing and able to enter the workforce, but do not do so out of fear of losing essential medical care. As a result, the state realizes increased costs […]
§9-4D-2. Definitions
As used in this article: (1) "Approved accounts" means any retirement account that the secretary has determined is not to be included as an asset in determining the eligibility of an individual for participation in the buy-in program. Approved accounts may include, but not be limited to, private retirement accounts such as individual retirement accounts; […]
§9-4C-2. General Medicaid Enhancement Board
(a) The general Medicaid enhancement board created by this section is hereby continued in all respects, except as otherwise provided in this section. Current members of the board who represent groups not represented on the board on and after the effective date of this article shall not serve on the board after such date. The […]
§9-4C-3. Dentist Provider Medicaid Enhancement Board
There is hereby continued the dentist provider Medicaid enhancement board to consist of five members. In order to carry out the purposes of this article, the dentist provider Medicaid enhancement board shall represent dentist providers. The board shall consist of three dentists, one lay person and the secretary, or his or her designee, who shall […]
§9-4B-2. Physician/medical Practitioner Provider Medicaid Enhancement Board; Continuation and Composition
There is hereby continued the West Virginia physician/medical practitioner provider Medicaid enhancement board to consist of eleven members. The board shall consist of ten members, appointed by the Governor, and the secretary, or his or her designee, who shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting member. The members appointed by the Governor shall include five […]
§9-4B-3. Expenses for Citizen Members
Each appointed board member shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for the cost of reasonable and necessary expenses actually incurred in the performance of his or her duties.
§9-4B-4. Powers and Duties
(a) The board shall: (1) Develop and recommend a reasonable physician/medical practitioner provider fee schedule that conforms with federal Medicaid laws and remains within the limits of annual funding available to the single state agency for the Medicaid program. In developing the fee schedule, the board may refer to a nationally published regional specific fee […]
§9-4B-7. Effective Date
The physician provider fee schedule, as adopted by the single state agency through recommendations by the board, becomes effective on January 1, 1992.
§9-4C-1. Definitions
The following words when used in this article have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except in those instances where the context clearly indicates a different meaning: (a) "Ambulance service provider" means a person rendering ambulance services within this state and receiving reimbursement, directly as an individual provider or indirectly as an employee […]
§9-4A-2. Creation of Medicaid Uncompensated Care Fund
(a) There is hereby created in the state Treasury a special revolving fund known as the Medicaid uncompensated care fund. All moneys deposited or accrued in this fund shall be used exclusively: (1) To provide the state's share of the federal Medicaid program funds in order to improve inpatient payments to disproportionate share hospitals; and