(a) For justice-involved youth targeted case management provided under 7 AAC 110.605, the department will pay a unit of service at the lesser of the
(1) amount charged by the provider to the public; or
(2) the payment rate established in the department's Chart of Justice-Involved Youth Targeted Case Management Services Rate, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 160.900.
(b) The payment rate in the Chart of Justice-Involved Youth Targeted Case Management Services Rate will be re-established at least every four years using a modeled rate methodology that includes components for salaries, fringe benefits, and allowable indirect costs.
(c) Each July 1 that the payment rate in the Chart of Justice-Involved Youth Targeted Case Management Services Rate is not re-established under (b) of this section, the department will adjust the payment rate for inflation using the CMS Home Health Agency Market Basket in the most recent quarterly publication of the S&P Global Market Intelligence Healthcare Cost Review available 60 days before July 1.