WSR 14-23-003A PERMANENT RULES HEALTH CARE AUTHORITY (Washington Apple Health) [Filed November 5, 2014, 2:23 p.m., effective January 1, 2015] Effective Date of Rule: January 1, 2015.
Purpose: To comply with SSB [ESSB] 6002, section 213 (10) and (11), chapter 221, Laws of 2014, (page 109 of Operating Budget-Supplemental), the agency is amending this section to address the changes noted in the engrossed substitute senate bill which will impact state fiscal year 2015 funds.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 182-550-5380.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 41.05.021, 41.05.160, ESSB 6002, section (10) and (11), chapter 221, Laws of 2014.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 14-20-034 on September 23, 2014.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 1, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: November 5, 2014.
Kevin M. Sullivan
Rules Coordinator
AMENDATORY SECTION (Amending WSR 14-08-038, filed 3/26/14, effective 4/26/14)
WAC 182-550-5380 Payment method—Sole community disproportionate share hospital (SCDSH).
(1) The medicaid agency's sole community disproportionate share hospital (SCDSH) program is a program for in-state hospitals that:
(a) Were certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as sole community hospitals as of January 1, 2013;
(b) Had less than one hundred fifty acute care licensed beds in state fiscal year (SFY) 2011;
(c) Qualify under Section 1923(d) of the Social Security Act; ((and))
(d) Are not participating in the certified public expenditure (CPE) program; and
(e) Are rural hospitals in Lewis County.
(2) The agency pays qualifying hospitals SCDSH payments from a legislatively appropriated pool. This distribution is based on the hospital's medicaid payments. To determine the hospital's SCDSH payments, the agency:
(a) Identifies the sum of the medicaid payments to the individual hospital during the SFY two years prior to the current SFY for which DSH application is being made. These medicaid payment amounts:
(i) Are based on historical data;
(ii) Include payments from the agency; and
(iii) Include payments reported on encounter data supplied by agency-contracted managed care organizations.
(b) Divides the medicaid payment amount in (a) of this subsection by the sum of the medicaid payment amounts for all qualifying hospitals during the same period to determine the hospital's percentage; and
(c) Applies this percentage to the total dollars in the pool to determine the hospital's SCDSH payment.
(3) The SCDSH payments to a hospital eligible under this program may not exceed the hospital's DSH cap calculated according to WAC 182-550-4900(10).
(4) SCDSH payments are subject to the availability of DSH funds under the statewide DSH cap. If the statewide DSH cap is exceeded, the agency will recoup DSH payments in the order specified in WAC 182-550-4900 (13) and (14).
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