As used in this Part, the following terms have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

            (1) “Department” means the Louisiana Department of Health.

            (2) “Managed care organization” shall have the same meaning as provided for that term in 42 C.F.R. § 438.2 and shall also mean any entity providing primary care case management services to Medicaid recipients pursuant to a contract with the department.

            (3) “Medicaid” and “medical assistance program” mean the medical assistance program provided for in Title XIX of the Social Security Act.

            (4) “Prepaid coordinated care network” means a private entity that contracts with the department to provide Medicaid benefits and services to enrollees of the Medicaid managed care program in exchange for a monthly prepaid capitated amount per member.

            (5) “Primary care case management” means a system in which an entity contracts with the state to furnish case management services, which include but are not limited to the location, coordination, and monitoring of primary health care service to Medicaid beneficiaries.

            (6) “Secretary” means the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.

            Acts 2013, No. 312, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2014; Acts 2017, No. 349, §2.