California Health and Safety Code

§ 124870

HSC § 124870 Effective Jan 1, 2001Div. 106 · Part 4 · Ch. 6

Statute text

(a)The department shall adopt regulations that will provide for an increase in reimbursement rates for outpatient services rendered to Medi-Cal patients by small and rural hospitals, as defined in Section 124840, over and above those reimbursement rates specified in Section 51509 of the California Code of Regulations. The amount of this increase shall be governed by the funding allocated for this specific purpose in the Budget Act, or in another specific appropriation measure.

(b)The rate adjustment authorized by subdivision (a) shall be allocated to eligible hospitals as follows:

(1)A separate percentage increase shall be calculated for minimum floor and nonminimum floor hospitals based on the ratio of each small and rural hospitals’ Medi-Cal outpatient payments to the total of all small and rural hospitals’ Medi-Cal outpatient payments during the preceding calendar year, as determined by the department. The percentage rate increase for minimum floor hospitals shall be 125 percent of the rate increase percentage calculated for nonminimum floor hospitals. The combined rate increases for minimum floor and nonminimum floor hospitals shall not exceed the funds appropriated for this purpose.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 158, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2001.