Budget Amendment ID: FY2013-S4-508

EHS 508

ACUTE CARE PEDIATRIC HOSPITALS AND PEDIATRIC SPECIALTY UNITS

Mr. Petruccelli moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4000-0300, by inserting at the end thereof the following:-

“; provided further, that in calculating rates of payment for children enrolled in MassHealth receiving inpatient services at acute care pediatric hospitals and pediatric specialty units as defined in section 1 of chapter 118G of the General Laws, the executive office shall make a supplemental payment, if necessary, sufficient to assure that inpatient SPAD and outlier payments for discharges with a case mix acuity equal to or greater than 5 shall be at least equal to 85 per cent of the expenses incurred in providing services to those children”.