1. A. In order to receive Medicaid reimbursement for inpatient services as a children’s specialty hospital, the acute care hospital must meet the following criteria:

   1. 1. be recognized by Medicare as a prospective payment system (PPS) exempt children’s specialty hospital;
   2. 2. does not qualify for Medicare disproportionate share hospital payments; and
   3. 3. has a Medicaid inpatient days utilization rate greater than the mean plus two standard deviations of the Medicaid utilization rates for all hospitals in the state receiving Medicaid payments.

Authority Note

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act.

Historical Note

HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 37:597 (February 2011).