1. A. The final DRG payment is the sum of the final DRG base payment, the final DRG outlier add-on payment, and the Differential Adjusted Payment.
2. B. The final DRG base payment is an amount equal to the product of the covered day adjusted DRG base payment and a hospital-specific factor established to limit the financial impact to individual hospitals of the transition from the tiered per diem payment methodology and to account for improvements in documentation and coding that are expected as a result of the transition.
3. C. The final DRG outlier add-on payment is an amount equal to the product of the covered day adjusted DRG outlier add-on payment and a hospital-specific factor established to limit the financial impact to individual hospitals of the transition from the tiered per diem payment methodology and to account for improvements in documentation and coding that are expected as a result of the transition.
4. D. The factor for each hospital and for each federal fiscal year is published as part of the AHCCCS capped fee schedule and is available on the AHCCCS administration’s website and is on file for public inspection at the AHCCCS administration located at 801 E. Jefferson Street, Phoenix, Arizona.

5. E. For inpatient services with a date of discharge from October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025 (CYE 2025), the Inpatient Differential Adjusted Payment is the sum of the final DRG base payment and the final DRG outlier add on payment multiplied by a percentage is published on the Administration’s public website as part of its fee schedule subsequent to the public notice published no later than September 1, 2024. If a hospital receives a DAP for CYE 2025 but fails to meet all of the requirements in subsection (F), the hospital shall be disqualified from participating in a DAP for dates of service October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026 (CYE 2026), if a DAP would be available at that time. A hospital can and will qualify for an increase if it meets the criteria specified below for any of the applicable hospital subtypes.

   1. 1. A hospital designated by the Arizona Department of Health Services Division of Licensing Services as type: hospital, subtype: short-term or children’s will qualify for an increase if it meets the criteria in subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) or (f):

      1. a. Hospitals who participated in the DAP HIE program in CYE 2023 and/or CYE 2024.

         1. i. No later than April 1, 2024, the hospital must have in place an active Health Information Exchange (HIE) Participation Agreement and submit a signed Differential Adjusted Payment Statement of Work (DAP SOW) to the HIE organization. The participant list attached to the DAP SOW must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding National Provider Identifier(s) (NPI), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP.
         2. ii. No later than May 1, 2024, the hospital must have actively accessed, and continue to access on an ongoing basis, patient health information via the HIE organization, utilizing one or more HIE services, such as the HIE Portal, standard Admission, Discharge, Transfer (ADT) Alerts, standard Clinical Notifications, or an interface that delivers patient data into the hospital’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.
         3. iii. No later than May 31, 2024, hospitals that utilize external reference labs for any lab result processing must submit necessary provider authorization forms to the HIE organization, if required by the external reference lab, to have all outsourced lab test results flow to the HIE on their behalf.
         4. iv. No later than May 31, 2024, the hospital must electronically submit the following patient identifiable information to the production environment of the HIE organization: ADT information, including data from the hospital emergency department (if applicable); laboratory and radiology information (if applicable); transcription; medication information; immunization data; and discharge summaries that include, at a minimum, discharge orders, discharge instructions, active medications, new prescriptions, active problem lists (diagnosis), treatments and procedures conducted during the stay, active allergies, and discharge destination. If a hospital is in the process of integrating a new EHR system, the hospital must notify the HIE organization and get the implementation timeline approved to continue meeting DAP requirements.
         5. v. No later than May 1, 2024, hospitals must complete their HIE Integration workbook in its entirety to connect data sender interfaces to ONE Platform.
         6. vi. No later than May 1, 2024, the hospital must submit a signed Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) Statement of Work (SOW) to participate in sharing images via the HIE.
         7. vii. No later than September 1, 2024, hospitals must launch the integration implementation project, have a VPN connection in place with the HIE, and electronically submit test patient information to the ONE Platform test environment. The hospital is required to engage in interface testing as required by the HIE and focus on improving data integrity in the test environment.
         8. viii. No later than December 30, 2024, the hospital must have a connection in place with the HIE and electronically submit the following patient information to the ONE Platform production environment: ADT information, including data from the hospital emergency department (if applicable); laboratory and radiology information (if applicable); transcription; medication information; immunization data; and discharge summaries that include, at a minimum, discharge orders, discharge instructions, active medications, new prescriptions, active problem lists (diagnosis), treatments and procedures conducted during the stay, active allergies, and discharge destination. The hospital is required to engage in interface testing as required by the HIE.

         9. ix. No later than February 28, 2025, the hospital must have in place the following new agreements with the HIE organization as a result of the affiliation of Health Current and Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO).

            1. (1) HIE Participation Agreement for ONE Platform.
            2. (2) Statement of Work (SOW) to access the ONE Platform Portal.
            3. (3) Statement of Work (SOW) to send data to ONE Platform.
         10. x. No later than May 1, 2025, the hospital must launch the implementation project to access patient health information via the HIE and complete the ONE Platform portal training prior to access being granted.
         11. xi. No later than July 30, 2025, the hospital must have actively accessed, and continue to access on an ongoing basis, patient health information via the HIE organization, utilizing the ONE Platform HIE portal.

      2. b. Hospitals who have not participated in the DAP HIE program in CYE 2023 or CYE 2024.

         1. i. No later than April 1, 2024, the hospital must have in place an active Health Information Exchange (HIE) Participation Agreement and submit a signed Differential Adjusted Payment Statement of Work (DAP SOW) to the HIE organization. The participant list attached to the DAP SOW must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding National Provider Identifier(s) (NPI), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP.
         2. ii. No later than October 1, 2024, the hospital must launch the implementation project to access patient health information via the HIE and complete the HIE portal training prior to access being granted.
         3. iii. No later than December 30, 2024, the hospital must have actively accessed, and continue to access on an ongoing basis, patient health information via the HIE organization, utilizing the HIE Portal.

         4. iv. No later than February 28, 2025, the hospital must have in place the following new agreements with the HIE organization as a result of the affiliation of Health Current and Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO).

            1. (1) HIE Participation Agreement for ONE Platform.
            2. (2) Statement of Work (SOW) to access the ONE Platform Portal.
            3. (3) Statement of Work (SOW) to send data to ONE Platform.
         5. v. No later than May 1, 2025, the hospital must launch the implementation project to access patient health information via the HIE and complete the ONE Platform portal training prior to access being granted.
         6. vi. No later than July 30, 2025, the hospital must have actively accessed, and continue to access on an ongoing basis, patient health information via the HIE organization, utilizing the ONE Platform portal.
         7. vii. No later than August 1, 2025, hospitals that utilize external reference labs for any lab result processing must submit necessary provider authorization forms to the HIE organization, if required by the external reference lab, to have all outsourced lab test results flow to the HIE on their behalf.
         8. viii. No later than August 1, 2025, the hospital must launch the integration implementations project, have a VPN connection in place with the HIE, and electronically submit test patient information to the ONE Platform test environment. The hospital is required to engage in interface testing as required by the HIE and focus on improving data integrity in the test environment.
         9. ix. No later than September 30, 2025, the hospital must electronically submit the following patient identifiable information to the production environment of the HIE organization: ADT information, including data from the hospital emergency department if the provider has an emergency department; laboratory and radiology information (if the provider has these services); transcription; medication information; immunization data; and discharge summaries that include, at a minimum, discharge orders, discharge instructions, active medications, new prescriptions, active problem lists (diagnosis), treatments and procedures conducted during the stay, active allergies, and discharge destination. The hospital is required to engage in interface testing as required by the HIE.

      3. c. Hospitals who participated in the DAP HIE program in CYE 2023 and/or CYE 2024.

         1. i. No later than April 1, 2024, the hospital must have in place an active Health Information Exchange (HIE) Participation Agreement and submit a signed Differential Adjusted Payment Statement of Work (DAP SOW) to the HIE organization. The participant list attached to the DAP SOW must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding National Provider Identifier(s) (NPI) that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP.
         2. ii. Within 30 days of sending data into the test environment but no later than December 1, 2024, the hospital must review the results of up to 217 parameters from the HIE Data Quality Report with the HIE organization, identifying the high-risk (red) and moderate risk (orange) scores for each parameter.
         3. iii. Within 60 days of sending data into the test environment, but no later than December 1, 2024, the hospital must achieve an HIE Data Quality Report with 0 high-risk (red) test parameters prior to sending data into the HIE production environment.
         4. iv. No later than December 1, 2024, the hospital must submit a written resolution plan to Contexture along with an expected timeline and detailed action plan for resolution to correct the moderate risk (orange) parameters on the HIE Data Quality Report.

      4. d. Hospitals who participated in the DAP SDOH program in CYE 2023 and/or CYE 2024.

         1. i. No later than April 1, 2024, the hospital must have an active CommunityCares Agreement and submit a signed Differential Adjusted Payment Statement of Work (DAP SOW) to the HIE organization. The participant list attached to the DAP SOW must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding National Provider Identifier(s) (NPI), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP.
         2. ii. No later than September 30, 2024, the hospital must participate in a post-live meeting with their assigned SDOH Advisor to discuss training needs, SDOH Screening and Referral workflows, implementation of the SDOH screening tool, and to define the CYE 2025 in-network screening/referral monthly goal.
         3. iii. From October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, the hospital must participate in the utilization of CommunityCares by facilitating screenings/referrals. All screening/referrals entered into CommunityCares by the hospital will be counted towards the utilization requirements and tracked monthly. Based on the SDOH CYE 2024 monthly screenings/referrals average, the hospital’s goal for CYE 2025 is to improve the submission of the monthly screenings/referrals average by 5%, and no less than a combination of 10 screenings or referrals per month per facility location, whichever is greater. This goal will be defined and discussed in the post-live meeting with the hospital’s assigned SDOH Advisor.
         4. iv. From October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025, the hospital must meet with their SDOH Advisor quarterly to review progress on goals. If the goal is not being met, the SDOH Advisor will assist the hospital in completing a written document that identifies barriers to achieving goals and outlines steps to overcome these barriers (improvement plan).

      5. e. Hospitals who have not participated in the DAP SDOH program in CYE 2023 or CYE 2024.

         1. i. No later than April 1, 2024, the hospital must submit a CommunityCares Access Agreement and a signed Differential Adjusted Payment Statement of Work (DAP SOW) to the HIE organization. The participant list attached to the DAP SOW must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding National Provider Identifier(s) (NPI), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP.
         2. ii. No later than January 1, 2025, the hospital must have onboarding completed by working with the CommunityCares team to submit all requirements prior to gaining access to the system. The hospital must utilize CommunityCares by facilitating in-network screenings/referrals within CommunityCares per facility location.
         3. iii. From October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025, the hospital must meet with their SDOH Advisor quarterly to set a utilization goal and to review progress. If the goal is not being met, the SDOH Advisor will assist the hospital in completing a written document that identifies barriers to achieving goals and outlines steps to overcome these barriers (improvement plan).
         4. iv. No later than April 1, 2024, the hospital must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) to AHCCCS to the following email address: AHCCCSDAP@azahcccs.gov, indicating that they will participate in the Naloxone Distribution Program (NDP). The LOI must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding National Provider Identifier(s) (NPI), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP.
         5. v. No later than November 30, 2024, the hospital must develop and submit a current facility policy that ensures hospitals are purchasing Naloxone through standard routine pharmacy ordering.
         6. vi. No later than February 28, 2025, the hospital must submit a Naloxone Distribution Program Attestation to AHCCCS to the following email address: AHCCCSDAP@azahcccs.gov.

      6. f. Hospitals with an Emergency Department that have not participated in the NDP DAP in CYE 2024.

         1. i. No later than April 1, 2024, the hospital must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) to AHCCCS to the following email address: AHCCCSDAP@azahcccs.gov, indicating that they will participate in the Naloxone Distribution Program (NDP). The LOI must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding National Provider Identifier(s) (NPI), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP.
         2. ii. No later than November 30, 2024, the hospital must develop and submit a facility policy that meets AHCCCS/ADHS standards for an NDP.
         3. iii. No later than January 1, 2025, the hospital must begin distribution of Naloxone to individuals at risk of overdose as identified through the facilities’ policy.
         4. iv. No later than February 28, 2025, the hospital must submit a Naloxone Distribution Program Attestation to AHCCCS to the following email address: AHCCCSDAP@azahcccs.gov.

   2. 2. A hospital designated by the Arizona Department of Health Services Division of Licensing Services as type: hospital, subtype: critical access hospital will qualify for an increase if it meets this criteria specified in subsections (2)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f), (g) or (h):

      1. a. Hospitals who participated in the DAP HIE program in CYE 2023 and/or CYE 2024.

         1. i. No later than April 1, 2024, the hospital must have in place an active Health Information Exchange (HIE) Participation Agreement and submit a signed Differential Adjusted Payment Statement of Work (DAP SOW) to the HIE organization. The participant list attached to the DAP SOW must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding National Provider Identifier(s) (NPI), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP.
         2. ii. No later than May 1, 2024, the hospital must have actively accessed, and continue to access on an ongoing basis, patient health information via the HIE organization, utilizing one or more HIE services, such as the HIE Portal, standard Admission, Discharge, Transfer (ADT) Alerts, standard Clinical Notifications, or an interface that delivers patient data into the facility’s (EHR) system.
         3. iii. No later than May 31, 2024, hospitals that utilize external reference labs for any lab result processing must submit necessary provider authorization forms to the HIE organization, if required by the external reference lab, to have all outsourced lab test results flow to the HIE on their behalf.
         4. iv. No later than May 31, 2024, the hospital must electronically submit the following patient identifiable information to the production environment of the HIE organization: ADT information, including data from the hospital emergency department (if applicable); laboratory and radiology information (if applicable); transcription; medication information; immunization data; and discharge summaries that include, at a minimum, discharge orders, discharge instructions, active medications, new prescriptions, active problem lists (diagnosis), treatments and procedures conducted during the stay, active allergies, and discharge destination. If a hospital is in the process of integrating a new EHR system, the hospital must notify the HIE organization and get the implementation timeline approved to continue meeting DAP requirements.
         5. v. No later than May 1, 2024, the hospital must complete their HIE Integration workbook in its entirety to connect data sender interfaces to ONE platform.
         6. vi. No later than May 1, 2024, the hospital must submit a signed Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) Statement of Work (SOW) to participate in sharing images via the HIE.
         7. vii. No later than September 1, 2024, the hospital must launch the integration implementations project, have a VPN connection in place with the HIE, and electronically submit test patient information to the ONE Platform test environment. The hospital is required to engage in interface testing as required by the HIE and focus on improving data integrity in the test environment.
         8. viii. No later than December 30, 2024, the hospital must have a connection in place with the HIE and electronically submit the following patient information to the ONE Platform production environment: ADT information, including data from the hospital emergency department (if applicable); laboratory and radiology information (if applicable); transcription; medication information; immunization data; and discharge summaries that include, at a minimum, discharge orders, discharge instructions, active medications, new prescriptions, active problem lists (diagnosis), treatments and procedures conducted during the stay, active allergies, and discharge destination. The hospital is required to engage in interface testing as required by the HIE.

         9. ix. No later than February 28, 2025, the hospital must have in place the following new agreements with the HIE organization as a result of the affiliation of Health Current and Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO).

            1. (1) HIE Participation Agreement for ONE Platform.
            2. (2) Statement of Work (SOW) to access the ONE Platform Portal.
            3. (3) Statement of Work (SOW) to send data to ONE Platform.
         10. x. No later than May 1, 2025, the hospital must launch the implementation project to access patient health information via the HIE and complete the ONE Platform portal training prior to access being granted.
         11. xi. No later than July 30, 2025, the hospital must have actively accessed, and continue to access on an ongoing basis, patient health information via the HIE organization, utilizing the ONE Platform portal.

      2. b. Hospitals who have not participated in the DAP HIE program in CYE 2023 or CYE 2024.

         1. i. No later than April 1, 2024, the hospital must have in place an active Health Information Exchange (HIE) Participation Agreement and submit a signed Differential Adjusted Payment Statement of Work (DAP SOW) to the HIE organization. The participant list attached to the DAP SOW must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding National Provider Identifier(s) (NPI), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP.
         2. ii. No later than October 1, 2024, the hospital must launch the implementation project to access patient health information via the HIE and complete the HIE portal training prior to access being granted.
         3. iii. No later than December 30, 2024, the hospital must have actively accessed, and continue to access on an ongoing basis, patient health information via the HIE organization, utilizing the HIE Portal.

         4. iv. No later than February 28, 2025, the hospital must have in place the following new agreements with the HIE organization as a result of the affiliation of Health Current and Colorado Regional Health Information Organization (CORHIO).

            1. (1) HIE Participation Agreement for ONE Platform.
            2. (2) Statement of Work (SOW) to access the ONE Platform Portal.
            3. (3) Statement of Work (SOW) to send data to ONE Platform.
         5. v. No later than May 1, 2025, the hospital must launch the implementation project to access patient health information via the HIE and complete the ONE Platform portal training prior to access being granted.
         6. vi. No later than July 30, 2025, the hospital must have actively accessed, and continue to access on an ongoing basis, patient health information via the HIE organization, utilizing the ONE Platform portal.
         7. vii. No later than August 1, 2025, hospitals that utilize external reference labs for any lab result processing must submit necessary provider authorization forms to the HIE organization, if required by the external reference lab, to have all outsourced lab test results flow to the HIE on their behalf.
         8. viii. No later than August 1, 2025, the hospital must launch the integration implementations project, have a VPN connection in place with the HIE, and electronically submit test patient information to the ONE Platform test environment. The hospital is required to engage in interface testing as required by the HIE and focus on improving data integrity in the test environment.
         9. ix. No later than September 30, 2025, the hospital must electronically submit the following patient identifiable information to the production environment of the HIE organization: ADT information, including data from the hospital emergency department if the provider has an emergency department; laboratory and radiology information (if the provider has these services); transcription; medication information; immunization data; and discharge summaries that include, at a minimum, discharge orders, discharge instructions, active medications, new prescriptions, active problem lists (diagnosis), treatments and procedures conducted during the stay, active allergies, and discharge destination. The hospital is required to engage in interface testing as required by the HIE.

      3. c. Hospitals who participated in the DAP AzHDR program in CYE 2023 and/or CYE 2024.

         1. i. No later than April 1, 2024, the hospital must have in place an active Health Information Exchange (HIE) Participation Agreement and submit a signed Differential Adjusted Payment Statement of Work (DAP SOW) to the HIE organization indicating Arizona Health Directives Registry (AzHDR) participation. The participant list attached to the DAP SOW must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding National Provider Identifier(s) (NPI), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP.
         2. ii. From October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, the hospital must participate in the utilization of the AzHDR platform by facilitating at least 5 patient document uploads of advanced directives and 15 searches of advance directives per month per registered AHCCCSID.

      4. d. Hospitals who have not participated in the DAP AzHDR program in CYE 2023 or CYE 2024.

         1. i. No later than April 1, 2024, the hospital must have in place an active Health Information Exchange (HIE) Participation Agreement and submit a signed Differential Adjusted Payment Statement of Work (DAP SOW) to the HIE organization indicating Arizona Health Directives Registry (AzHDR) participation. The participant list attached to the DAP SOW must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding National Provider Identifier(s) (NPI), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP.
         2. ii. No later than November 1, 2024, the hospital must submit the AzHDR Subscription Agreement to the HIE organization.
         3. iii. No later than April 1, 2025, the hospital must have onboarding completed by working with AzHDR to submit user information to gain credentials to access AzHDR and complete training.
         4. iv. No later than May 1, 2025, the hospital must participate in the utilization of the AzHDR platform by facilitating at least 5 searches/uploads of advance directives per month per AHCCCS ID.

      5. e. Hospitals who participated in the DAP SDOH program in CYE 2023 and/or CYE 2024.

         1. i. No later than April 1, 2024, the hospital must have an active CommunityCares Agreement and submit a signed Differential Adjusted Payment Statement of Work (DAP SOW) to the HIE organization. The participant list attached to the DAP SOW must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding National Provider Identifier(s) (NPI), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP.
         2. ii. No later than September 30, 2024, the hospital must participate in a post-live meeting with their assigned SDOH Advisor to discuss training needs, SDOH Screening and Referral workflows, implementation of the SDOH screening tool, and to define the CYE 2025 in-network screening/referral monthly goal.
         3. iii. From October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025, the hospital must participate in the utilization of CommunityCares by facilitating screenings/referrals. All screening/referrals entered into CommunityCares by the hospital will be counted towards the utilization requirements and tracked monthly. Based on the SDOH CYE 2024 monthly screenings/referrals average, the hospital’s goal for CYE 2025 is to improve the submission of the monthly screenings/referrals average by 5%, and no less than a combination of 10 screenings or referrals per month per facility location, whichever is greater. This goal will be defined and discussed in the post-live meeting with the hospital’s assigned SDOH Advisor.
         4. iv. From October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025, the hospital must meet with their SDOH Advisor quarterly to review progress on goals. If the goal is not being met, the SDOH Advisor will assist the hospital in completing a written document that identifies barriers to achieving goals and outlines steps to overcome these barriers (improvement plan).

      6. f. Hospitals who have not participated in the DAP SDOH program in CYE 2023 or CYE 2024.

         1. i. No later than April 1, 2024, the hospital must submit a CommunityCares Access Agreement and a signed Differential Adjusted Payment Statement of Work (DAP SOW) to the HIE organization. The participant list attached to the DAP SOW must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding National Provider Identifier(s) (NPI), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP, and the total number of patient visits per year.
         2. ii. No later than January 1, 2025, the hospital must have onboarding completed by working with the CommunityCares team to submit all requirements prior to gaining access to the system. The hospital must utilize CommunityCares by facilitating in-network screenings and referrals within CommunityCares per facility location.
         3. iii. From October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025, the hospital must meet with their SDOH Advisor quarterly to set a utilization goal and to review progress. If the goal is not being met, the SDOH Advisor will assist hospitals in completing a written document that identifies barriers to achieving goals and outlines steps to overcome these barriers (improvement plan).

      7. g. Hospitals with an Emergency Department that participated in the NDP DAP in CYE 2024.

         1. i. No later than April 1, 2024, the hospital must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) to AHCCCS to the following email address: AHCCCSDAP@azahcccs.gov, indicating that they will participate in the Naloxone Distribution Program (NDP). The LOI must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding National Provider Identifier(s) (NPI), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP.
         2. ii. No later than November 30, 2024, the hospital must develop and submit a facility policy that ensures hospitals are purchasing Naloxone through standard routine pharmacy ordering.
         3. iii. No later than February 28, 2025, the hospital must submit a Naloxone Distribution Program Attestation to AHCCCS to the following email address: AHCCCSDAP@azahcccs.gov.
      8. h. Hospitals with an Emergency Department that have not participated in the NDP DAP in CYE 2024.

      9. i. No later than April 1, 2024, the hospital must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) to AHCCCS to the following email address: AHCCCSDAP@azahcccs.gov, indicating that they will participate in the Naloxone Distribution Program (NDP). The LOI must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding National Provider Identifier(s) (NPI), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP.

         1. ii. No later than November 30, 2024, the hospital must develop and submit a facility policy that meets AHCCCS/ADHS standards for a NDP.
         2. iii. No later than January 1, 2025, the hospital must begin distribution of Naloxone to individuals at risk of overdose as identified through the facilities’ policy.
         3. iv. No later than February 28, 2025, the hospital must submit a Naloxone Distribution Program Attestation to AHCCCS to the following email address: AHCCCSDAP@azahcccs.gov.

6. F. For inpatient services with a date of discharge service from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026 (CYE 2026), the Inpatient Differential Adjusted Payment is the sum of the final DRG base payment and the final DRG outlier add-on payment multiplied by a percentage established by the administration. The percentage is published on the Administration’s public website as part of its fee schedule subsequent to the public notice published no later than September 1, 2025. If a hospital receives a DAP for CYE 2026 but fails to meet all of the requirements in subsection (F), the hospital shall be disqualified from participating in a DAP for dates of service October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027 (CYE 2027), if a DAP would be available at that time. A hospital can and will qualify for an increase if it meets the criteria specified below for any of the applicable hospital subtypes.

   1. 1. A hospital designated by the Arizona Department of Health Services Division of Licensing Services as type: hospital, subtype: short-term or children’s will qualify for an increase if it meets the criteria in subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (f):

      1. a. To be eligible for this DAP, hospitals must have participated in the DAP HIE program in CYE 2024 and/or CYE 2025.
      2. b. No later than April 1, 2025, the hospital must have in place an active Health Information Exchange (HIE) Participation Agreement and submit a signed Differential Adjusted Payment Statement of Work (DAP SOW) to the HIE organization. The participant list attached to the DAP SOW must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding National Provider Identifier(s) (NPI) that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP.
      3. c. No later than September 30, 2025, the hospital must electronically submit the following patient identifiable information to the production environment of the HIE organization: including standard Admission, Discharge, and Transfer (ADT) information; data from the hospital emergency department (if applicable); laboratory and radiology information (if applicable); transcription; medication information; immunization data; and discharge summaries that include, at a minimum, discharge orders, discharge instructions, active medications, new prescriptions, active problem lists (diagnosis), treatments and procedures conducted during the stay, active allergies, and discharge destination. If a hospital is in the process of integrating a new EHR system, the hospital must notify the HIE organization and have the implementation timeline approved to continue meeting DAP requirements.

      4. d. No later than March 1, 2026, the hospital must complete the data quality profile, based on January 2026 data, with the HIE organization. Data elements in the following measure categories will be included within the data quality profile:

         1. i. Data source and data site information must be submitted on ADT transactions;
         2. ii. Patient demographic information must be submitted on ADT transactions;
         3. iii. Race must be submitted on ADT transactions;
         4. iv. Ethnicity must be submitted on ADT transactions; and
         5. v. Language must be submitted on ADT transactions.
      5. e. No later than April 1, 2026, the hospital must complete a data quality improvement plan as defined by the HIE organization to improve the quality of data elements by 3.0% collectively over the March 1, 2026 data quality profile. The quality improvement plan is not required if the data quality profile results are greater than 90% for each measure.
      6. f. No later than September 1, 2026, a final data quality profile will be completed, based on July 2026 data to reassess data elements and performance improvement. Hospitals must have improved the quality of data elements by 3.0% collectively from its March 2026 data quality profile. This requirement does not apply if the data quality profile results are greater than 90% for each measure.

   2. 2. A hospital designated by the Arizona Department of Health Services Division of Licensing Services as type: hospital, subtype: critical access hospital will qualify for an increase if it meets the criteria in subsection (a) or (b):

      1. a. Hospitals that participated in the DAP HIE program in CYE 2024 and/or CYE 2025.

         1. i. No later than April 1, 2025, the hospital must have in place an active Health Information Exchange (HIE) Participation Agreement and submit a signed Differential Adjusted Payment Statement of Work (DAP SOW) to the HIE organization. The participant list attached to the DAP SOW must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding National Provider Identifier(s) (NPI), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP.
         2. ii. No later than March 1, 2025, the hospital must launch the integration implementations project, have a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection in place with the HIE, and electronically submit test patient information to the HIE test environment. The hospital is required to engage in interface testing as required by the HIE and focus on improving data integrity in the test environment.
         3. iii. No later than May 30, 2025, the hospital must have actively accessed, and continue to access on an ongoing basis, patient health information via the HIE organization, utilizing one or more HIE services, such as the HIE Portal, standard Admission, Discharge, Transfer (ADT) Alerts, standard Clinical Notifications, or an interface that delivers patient data into the facility’s Electronic Health Record (EHR) system.
         4. iv. No later than September 30, 2025, the hospital must electronically submit the following patient identifiable information to the production environment of the HIE organization: ADT information, including data from the hospital emergency department (if applicable); laboratory and radiology information (if applicable); transcription; medication information; immunization data; and discharge summaries that include, at a minimum, discharge orders, discharge instructions, active medications, new prescriptions, active problem lists (diagnosis), treatments and procedures conducted during the stay, active allergies, and discharge destination. If a hospital is in the process of integrating a new EHR system, the hospital must notify the HIE organization and get the implementation timeline approved to continue meeting DAP requirements.

      2. b. Hospitals that have not participated in the DAP HIE program in CYE 2024 or CYE 2025.

         1. i. No later than April 1, 2025, the hospital must have in place an active Health Information Exchange (HIE) Participation Agreement and submit a signed Differential Adjusted Payment Statement of Work (DAP SOW) to the HIE organization. The participant list attached to the DAP SOW must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding National Provider Identifier(s) (NPI), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP. To request a HIE Participation Agreement and a DAP SOW, email DAP@contexture.org.
         2. ii. No later than March 1, 2026, the hospital must have actively accessed, and continue to access on an ongoing basis, patient health information via the HIE organization portal.
         3. iii. No later than March 1, 2026, hospitals that utilize external reference labs for any lab result processing must submit necessary provider authorization forms to the HIE organization, if required by the external reference lab, to have all outsourced lab test results flow to the HIE on their behalf.
         4. iv. No later than March 1, 2026, the hospital must launch the integration implementations project, have a Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection in place with the HIE, and electronically submit test patient information to the HIE test environment. The hospital is required to engage in interface testing as required by the HIE and focus on improving data integrity in the test environment.
         5. v. No later than August 1, 2026, the hospital must electronically submit the following patient identifiable information to the production environment of the HIE organization: ADT information, including data from the hospital emergency department if the provider has an emergency department; laboratory and radiology information (if the provider has these services); transcription; medication information; immunization data; and discharge summaries that include, at a minimum, discharge orders, discharge instructions, active medications, new prescriptions, active problem lists (diagnosis), treatments and procedures conducted during the stay, active allergies, and discharge destination.

Historical Note

New Section made by final rulemaking at 20 A.A.R. 1956, September 6, 2014 (Supp. 14-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 22 A.A.R. 2187, effective October 1, 2016 (Supp. 16-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 2338, effective October 1, 2017 (Supp. 17-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 23 A.A.R. 2896, effective January 1, 2018 (Supp. 17-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 24 A.A.R. 2851, effective October 1, 2018 (Supp. 18-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 25 A.A.R. 3114, effective October 31, 2019 (Supp. 19-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 26 A.A.R. 3025, with an immediate effective date of November 3, 2020 (Supp 20-4). AHCCCS filed an incorrect version of a final rulemaking which made amendments to this Section published at 27 A.A.R. 2501 (October 29, 2021); AHCCCS filed the correct version of its final rulemaking on December 3, 2021, with this Section amended by final rulemaking at 27 A.A.R. 3015 (December 31, 2021), effective October 1, 2021 (Supp. 21-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 28 A.A.R. 3283 (October 14, 2022), with an immediate effective date of September 23, 2022 (Supp. 22-3). Amended by final rulemaking at 29 A.A.R. 3394 (October 27, 2023), with an immediate effective date of October 4, 2023 (Supp. 23-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 30 A.A.R. 3103 (October 25, 2024), with an immediate effective date of October 1, 2024 (Supp. 24-4). Amended by final rulemaking at 31 A.A.R. 4583 (December 19, 2025), with an immediate effective date of December 2, 2025 (Supp. 25-4).