Budget Amendment ID: FY2013-S4-667

EHS 667

High Acuity Pediatric Care in the MassHealth Program

Mr. Kennedy moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4000-0300, Mr. Kennedy moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4000-0300, by adding the following words:—

“; and provided further, that in calculating rates of payment for children enrolled in MassHealth receiving inpatient services at acute care pediatric hospitals 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.”.