Disproportionate Share Hospital policy
218-864 INACTIVE RULE
| Title | 218 | Department of Human Services |
| Chapter | XXX | Old Regulations Which Were Not Assigned Chapter-Subchap-Part |
| Subchapter | XX | Old Regulations Which Were Not Assigned Chapter-Subchap-Part |
| Part | 864 | Disproportionate Share Hospital policy |
| Type of Filing | Amendment |
| Regulation Status | Inactive |
| Effective | 10/22/2008 to 10/22/2008 |
Regulation Authority:
R.I.G.L. 48 - 8.3; Title XIX of the Social Security Act
Purpose and Reason:
Effective June 27, 2008, the Department of Human Services (DHS) will submit to the Federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) an amendment (SPA) to the State of Rhode Island's Medicaid State Plan relative to the Disproportionate Share Hospital payments to be made in or after June, 2008 to: 1.) change the base year for determining qualifying uncompensated care costs for non - government and state operated hospitals from hospital fiscal year 2004 to hospital fiscal year 2006; 2.) revise the limit on payments to state operated hospitals (Pool B); 3.) revise the limit on payments to women and infant specialty hospitals (Pool C); 4.) revise the limit on payments to non - government hospitals (Pool D); and 5.) make textual revisions in the SPA consistent with the foregoing proposed changes.
