Section 29-4807. INPATIENT SERVICES: CALCULATION OF CAPITAL ADD-ON PAYMENTS

 

4807.1 For Medicaid reimbursement of inpatient hospital discharges, Capital payments shall be per-discharge add-on payments that apply to in-District general hospitals only. 

 

4807.2 For discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2014, capital add-ons shall be limited to one hundred percent (100%) of the District average capital cost per Medicaid patient day. This payment shall be calculated based on submitted cost reports for in-District general hospitals for the base year. 

 

4807.3 The average cost per patient day shall be calculated by dividing total Medicaid capital cost for all eligible hospitals by the total number of Medicaid days for those hospitals, as reported on the hospital cost reports. 

 

4807.4 The per-day amount shall be converted to a per discharge amount for each hospital, based on Medicaid utilization information in the cost report.

 

4807.5 Effective October 1, 2014, and annually thereafter, the capital cost add-on payment shall be calculated by dividing the sum of Medicaid capital costs applicable to inpatient routine services costs, as reported in the cost report, and capital costs applicable to inpatient ancillary services, as determined in Subsection 4807.6, by the number of Medicaid discharges in the base year. 

 

4807.6 Capital costs applicable to inpatient ancillary services shall be allocated to inpatient capital by applying the facility’s ratio of ancillary inpatient charges to total ancillary charges for each ancillary line on the cost report.

 

4807.7 For discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2014, and annually thereafter, the capital cost add-on payment for each in-District general hospital shall be based on costs from each hospital’s submitted cost report for the hospital’s fiscal year that ends prior to October 1 of the prior calendar year.

 

4807.8 If after an audit of the hospital's cost report for the base year period an adjustment is made to the hospital's reported costs which results in an increase or decrease of five percent (5%) or greater of the capital cost add-on payment, the add-on payment for capital costs shall be adjusted, subject to District-wide limits.

 

 

authority

An Act to enable the District of Columbia to receive federal financial assistance under Title XIX of the Social Security Act for a medical assistance program, and for other purposes, approved December 27, 1967 (81 Stat. 744; D.C. Official Code § 1-307.02 (2014 Repl.& 2015 Supp.)) and Section 6(6) of the Department of Health Care Finance Establishment Act of 2007, effective February 27, 2008 (D.C. Law 17-109; D.C. Official Code § 7-771.05(6) (2012 Repl.)).

source

Final Rulemaking published at 45 DCR 4141, 4148 (June 26, 1998); as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 2691 (March 26, 2010) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Emergency and Proposed Rulemaking published at 57 DCR 6837 (July 10, 2010) [EXPIRED]; as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 58 DCR 4323, 4328 (May 20, 2011); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 15078 (December 28, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 63 DCR 5234 (April 8, 2016).