1. (1) For the period October 1 through September 30 each hospital shall receive an inpatient Medicaid base (per diem) payment, in accordance with the following:

   1. (a) Medicaid shall pay a base (per diem) amount to each hospital from all sources except DSH payments as described in the Alabama Medicaid Agency State Plan and amendments thereto as currently approved by the Hospital Serviced and Reimbursement Panel.

Author: Keith Boswell, Director, Provider Audit/Reimbursement

Statutory Authority: State Plan; Title XIX, Social Security Act, 42 C.F.R. §§401, et seq.

Editor’s Note: (See history note at end of chapter.)

History: Rule effective June 9, 1986. Amended effective November 10, 1986; August 10, 1987; May 25, 1988, July 12, 1988. Amended effective May 12, 1989. Emergency rule effective June 20, 1989. Amended effective September 13, 1989. Repealed and New Rule: Filed November 10, 2010; effective December 15, 2010. Amended: Filed December 12, 2011; effective January 16, 2012. Amended: Filed September 11, 2013; effective October 16, 2013.