5501

CURRENT RATE

5501.1 Beginning on the effective date of this section, the per diem charge for an inpatient at Saint Elizabeths Hospital shall be seven hundred eighty-three dollars ($783) per day. This charge is based on the fully loaded cost of care as reflected in the most recently filed Medicare cost report.

5501.2 For the purposes of the per diem charge, a consumer shall be considered an inpatient for a day if he or she appears on the census for that day. A patient shall appear on the census form if he or she is a patient in the hospital at 11:59 p.m.

Source: Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 57 DC12222 (December 24, 2010).