Budget Amendment ID: FY2014-S3-704

EHS 704

Hospital Medicaid Reimbursement

Ms. Candaras moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4000-0300, by inserting at the end the following words:- "provided further, that effective January 1, 2014 the executive office shall use the most current and best available data in developing inpatient and outpatient hospital reimbursement rates; provided further, that the executive office shall calculate the inpatient efficiency standard based on the 90th percentile of total statewide hospital discharges; provided further, that the executive office shall provide an inpatient and outpatient rate adjustment for disproportionate share hospitals of 5% in addition to the base rate."