California § 14169.31 - For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) (1)
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§ 14169.31. For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) (1)
For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) (1) âAggregate quality assurance feeâ means, with respect to a hospital that is not a prepaid health plan hospital, the sum of all of the following: (A) The annual fee-for-service days for an individual hospital multiplied by the fee-for-service per diem quality assurance fee rate. (B) The annual managed care days for an individual hospital multiplied by the managed care per diem quality assurance fee rate. (C) The annual Medi-Cal days for an individual hospital multiplied by the Medi-Cal per diem quality assurance fee rate. (2) âAggregate quality assurance feeâ means, with respect to a hospital that is a prepaid health plan hospital, the sum of all of the following: (A) The annual fee-for-service days for an individual hospital multiplied by the fee-for-service per diem quality assurance fee rate. (B) The annual managed care days for an individual hospital multiplied by the prepaid health plan hospital managed care per diem quality assurance fee rate. (C) The annual Medi-Cal managed care days for an individual hospital multiplied by the prepaid health plan hospital Medi-Cal managed care per diem quality assurance fee rate. (D) The annual Medi-Cal fee-for-service days for an individual hospital multiplied by the Medi-Cal per diem quality assurance fee rate. (3) âAggregate quality assurance fee after the application of the fee percentageâ means the aggregate quality assurance fee multiplied by the fee percentage for each subject fiscal year. (b) âAnnual fee-for-service daysâ means the number of fee-for-service days of each hospital subject to the quality assurance fee, as reported on the days data source. (c) âAnnual managed care daysâ means the number of managed care days of each hospital subject to the quality assurance fee, as reported on the days data source. (d) âAnnual Medi-Cal daysâ means the number of Medi-Cal days of each hospital subject to the quality assurance fee, as reported on the days data source. (e) âConverted hospitalâ shall mean a hospital described in subdivision (b) of Section 14169.1. (f) âDays data sourceâ means the hospitalâs Annual Financial Disclosure Report filed with the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development as of May 5, 2011, for its fiscal year ending during 2009. (g) âDesignated public hospitalâ shall have the meaning given in subdivision (d) of Section 14166.1 as of January 1, 2011. (h) âExempt facilityâ means any of the following: (1) A public hospital, which shall include either of the following: (A) A hospital, as defined in paragraph (25) of subdivision (a) of Section 14105.98. (B) A tax-exempt nonprofit hospital that is licensed under subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code and operating a hospital owned by a local health care district, and is affiliated with the health care district hospital owner by means of the districtâs status as the nonprofit corporationâs sole corporate member. (2) With the exception of a hospital that is in the Charitable Research Hospital peer group, as set forth in the 1991 Hospital Peer Grouping Report published by the department, a hospital that is a hospital designated as a specialty hospital in the hospitalâs Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Hospital Annual Financial Disclosure Report for the hospitalâs fiscal year ending in the 2009 calendar year. (3) A hospital that satisfies the Medicare criteria to be a long-term care hospital. (4) A small and rural hospital as specified in Section 124840 of the Health and Safety Code designated as that in the hospitalâs Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Hospital Annual Financial Disclosure Report for the hospitalâs fiscal year ending in the 2009 calendar year. (i) âFederal approvalâ means the approval by the federal government of both the quality assurance fee established pursuant to this article and the supplemental payments to private hospitals described in Sections 14169.2 and 14169.3. (j) (1) âFee-for-service per diem quality assurance fee rateâ means a fixed daily fee on fee-for-service days. (2) The fee-for-service per diem quality assurance fee rate shall be three hundred eight dollars and thirty-six cents ($308.36) per day. (3) Upon federal approval or conditional federal approval described in Section 14169.34, the director shall determine the fee-for-service per diem quality assurance fee rate based on the funds required to make the payments specified in Article 5.228 (commencing with Section 14169.1), in consultation with the hospital community. (k) âFee-for-service daysâ means inpatient hospital days where the service type is reported as âacute care,â âpsychiatric care,â and ârehabilitation care,â and the payer category is reported as âMedicare traditional,â âcounty indigent programs-traditional,â âother third parties-traditional,â âother indigent,â and âother payers,â for purposes of the Annual Financial Disclosure Report submitted by hospitals to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. (l) âFee percentageâ means a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the amount of payments for each subject fiscal year under Sections 14169.2, 14169.3, 14169.5, and 14169.7.5, for which federal financial participation is available and the denominator of which is four billion eight hundred sixty-six million seven hundred four thousand one hundred fifteen dollars ($4,866,704,115). (m) âGeneral acute care hospitalâ means any hospital licensed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code. (n) âHospital communityâ means any hospital industry organization or system that represents hospitals. (o) âManaged care daysâ means inpatient hospital days where the service type is reported as âacute care,â âpsychiatric care,â and ârehabilitation care,â and the payer category is reported as âMedicare managed care,â âcounty indigent programs-managed care,â and âother third parties-managed care,â for purposes of the Annual Financial Disclosure Report submitted by hospitals to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. (p) âManaged care per diem quality assurance fee rateâ means a fixed fee on managed care days of eighty-six dollars and forty cents ($86.40) per day. (q) âMedi-Cal daysâ means inpatient hospital days where the service type is reported as âacute care,â âpsychiatric care,â and ârehabilitation care,â and the payer category is reported as âMedi-Cal traditionalâ and âMedi-Cal managed care,â for purposes of the Annual Financial Disclosure Report submitted by hospitals to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. (r) âMedi-Cal fee-for-service daysâ means inpatient hospital days where the service type is reported as âacute care,â âpsychiatric care,â and ârehabilitation care,â and the payer category is reported as âMedi-Cal traditionalâ for purposes of the Annual Financial Disclosure Report submitted by hospitals to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. (s) âMedi-Cal managed care daysâ means inpatient hospital days as reported on the days data source where the service type is reported as âacute care,â âpsychiatric care,â and ârehabilitation care,â and the payer category is reported as âMedi-Cal managed careâ for purposes of the Annual Financial Disclosure Report submitted by hospitals to the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. (t) âMedi-Cal per diem quality assurance fee rateâ means a fixed fee on Medi-Cal days of three hundred eighty-three dollars and twenty cents ($383.20) per day. (u) âNew hospitalâ means a hospital operation, business, or facility functioning under current or prior ownership as a private hospital that does not have a days data source or a hospital that has a days data source in whole, or in part, from a previous operator where there is an outstanding monetary liability owed to the state in connection with the Medi-Cal program and the new operator did not assume liability for the outstanding monetary obligation. (v) âNondesignated public hospitalâ means either of the following: (1) A public hospital that is licensed under subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code, is not designated as a specialty hospital in the hospitalâs Annual Financial Disclosure Report for the hospitalâs latest fiscal year ending in 2009, and satisfies the definition in paragraph (25) of subdivision (a) of Section 14105.98, excluding designated public hospitals. (2) A tax-exempt nonprofit hospital that is licensed under subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code, is not designated as a specialty hospital in the hospitalâs Annual Financial Disclosure Report for the hospitalâs latest fiscal year ending in 2009, is operating a hospital owned by a local health care district, and is affiliated with the health care district hospital owner by means of the districtâs status as the nonprofit corporationâs sole corporate member. (w) âPrepaid health plan hospitalâ means a hospital owned by a nonprofit public benefit corporation that shares a common board of directors with a nonprofit health care service plan. (x) âPrepaid health plan hospital managed care per diem quality assurance fee rateâ means a fixed fee on non-Medi-Cal managed care days for prepaid health plan hospitals of forty-eight dollars and thirty-eight cents ($48.38) per day. (y) âPrepaid health plan hospital Medi-Cal managed care per diem quality assurance fee rateâ means a fixed fee on Medi-Cal managed care days for prepaid health plan hospitals of two hundred fourteen dollars and fifty-nine cents ($214.59) per day. (z) âPrior fiscal year dataâ means any data taken from sources that the department determines are the most accurate and reliable at the time the determination is made, or may be calculated from the most recent audited data using appropriate update factors. The data may be from prior fiscal years, current fiscal years, or projections of future fiscal years. (aa) âPrivate hospitalâ means a hospital that meets all of the following conditions: (1) Is licensed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 1250 of the Health and Safety Code. (2) Is in the Charitable Research Hospital peer group, as set forth in the 1991 Hospital Peer Grouping Report published by the department, or is not designated as a specialty hospital in the hospitalâs Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development Annual Financial Disclosure Report for the hospitalâs latest fiscal year ending in 2009. (3) Does not satisfy the Medicare criteria to be classified as a long-term care hospital. (4) Is a nonpublic hospital, nonpublic converted hospital, or converted hospital as those terms are defined in paragraphs (26) to (28), inclusive, respectively, of subdivision (a) of Section 14105.98. (ab) âProgram periodâ means the period from July 1, 2011, to December 31, 2013, inclusive. (ac) âSubject fiscal quarterâ means a state fiscal quarter during the program period. (ad) âSubject fiscal yearâ means a state fiscal year that ends after July 1, 2011, and begins before January 1, 2014. (ae) âUpper payment limitâ means a federal upper payment limit on the amount of the Medicaid payment for which federal financial participation is available for a class of service and a class of health care providers, as specified in Part 447 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The applicable upper payment limit shall be separately calculated for inpatient and outpatient hospital services.
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