Mo. Code Regs. Ann. tit. 13, § 70-15.160
PURPOSE: This rule establishes the payment methodology for outpatient hospital services.
PUBLISHER’S NOTE: The secretary of state has determined that the publication of the entire text of the material which is incorporated by reference as a portion of this rule would be unduly cumbersome or expensive. This material as incorporated by reference in this rule shall be maintained by the agency at its headquarters and shall be made available to the public for inspection and copying at no more than the actual cost of reproduction. This note applies only to the reference material. The entire text of the rule is printed here.
(1) Prospective Outpatient Hospital Services Reimbursement Percentage for Hospitals Located Within Missouri.
than twenty percent (20%).
(B) Outpatient cost-to-charge ratios will be as determined in the desk review of the base year cost reports. If adjustments are not made during the desk review, adjustments will be made to remove the cost and charges for services reimbursed on a fee schedule when calculating the cost-to-charge ratios used to determine the outpatient percentage rate.
radiology services reimbursed on a fee schedule shall be excluded when calculating the outpatient cost-to-charge ratios used to determine outpatient percentage rates.
cal procedures reimbursed on a fee schedule shall be excluded when calculating the outpatient cost-to-charge ratios used to determine outpatient percentage rates. Adjustments shall be made by the division starting with the calculation of the outpatient percentage rate for the SFY after the surgical procedures are moved to a fee schedule:
a revised calculation of the outpatient percentage rate prior to the adjustment made by the division in paragraph (1)(B)2. of this regulation. The hospital must provide the charges and cost-to-charge ratios by cost center for both Medicaid and Total (i.e., all payor types). The hospital must provide a breakdown of the amounts reimbursed on a fee schedule using a template developed by the division and available upon request. The template must be submitted to the division by April 1 of the current SFY for which the revised calculation of the outpatient percentage rate is requested. The hospital may be notified in writing of the revised outpatient percentage rate within sixty (60) days of receipt of the hospital’s written request or within sixty (60) days of receipt of any additional documentation or clarification which may be required. If an adjustment is not otherwise limited or prohibited, the effective date of the change in the hospital’s outpatient percentage rate shall be the first day of the month following the date of the division’s final determination.
originating site fee reimbursed on a fee schedule shall be excluded when calculating the outpatient cost-to-charge ratios used to determine outpatient percentage rates starting with the calculation of the outpatient percentage rate for the SFY after the telehealth originating site fee is moved to a fee schedule.
drugs reimbursed in accordance with the methodology described in 13 CSR 70-20.070 shall be excluded when calculating the outpatient cost-to-charge ratios used to determine outpatient percentage rates beginning February 1, 2019.
(C) Outpatient Hospital Services Reimbursement Limited by Rule.
procedures will be reimbursed from a Medicaid fee schedule which shall not exceed a national fee limitation.
tient radiology procedures will be reimbursed from a Medicaid fee schedule.
beginning October 1, 2011, through December 31, 2018, the technical component of outpatient radiology procedures, will be reimbursed according to the outpatient Medicaid fee schedule. These rates are based on one hundred twenty-five percent (125%) of the Medicare Physician fee schedule rate using Missouri Locality 01. The Medicaid outpatient radiology fee schedule for the calendar years of 2016, 2017, and 2018 is published on the MO HealthNet website. This fee schedule is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule as published by the Department of Social Services, MO HealthNet Division, 615 Howerton Court, Jefferson City, MO 65109, at its website at, https://dss.mo.gov/mhd/providers/files/outp a t i e n t - h o s p i t a l - r a d i o l o g y - f e e - schedule18.pdf, December 4, 2018. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
beginning January 1, 2019, the technical component of outpatient radiology procedures will be reimbursed according to the outpatient Medicaid fee schedule. These rates are based on ninety percent (90%) of the Medicare Physician fee schedule rate, effective January 1, 2018, using Missouri Locality 01. The Medicaid outpatient radiology fee schedule for the calendar years of 2017, 2018, and 2019 is published on the MO HealthNet website. This fee schedule is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule as published by the Department of Social Services, MO HealthNet Division, 615 Howerton Court, Jefferson City, MO 65109, at its website at https://dss.mo.gov/mhd/providers/files/outpatient-hospital-radiology-fee-schedule.pdf, December 4, 2018. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
ning January 1, 2019, outpatient surgical procedures are reimbursed according to the outpatient Medicaid fee schedule. These rates are based on the 2018 Medicare Hospital Prospective Payment System Addendum B. The list of outpatient surgical procedure codes are reimbursed according to the Medicaid fee schedule. This fee schedule is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule as published by the Department of Social Services, MO HealthNet Division, 615 Howerton Court, Jefferson City, MO 65109, at its website at https://dss.mo.gov/mhd/providers/files/outpatient-hospital-surgical-procedure-feeschedule.pdf, November 30, 2018. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
ning January 1, 2019 telehealth originating site fee is paid at the lesser of the billed amount or the outpatient fee schedule amount.
April 1, 2019, outpatient drugs are reimbursed in accordance with the methodology described in 13 CSR 70-20.070.
and certified registered nurse anesthetists are reimbursed from a Medicaid fee schedule or the billed charge, if less.
for those recipients having available Medicare benefits shall be reimbursed by Medicaid to the extent of the deductible and coinsurance as imposed by Medicare.
crossover claims (crossover claims) for Medicare Part B and Medicare Advantage/Part C outpatient hospital services, except for public hospitals operated by the Department of Mental Health (DMH), shall be determined as follows:
Part B outpatient hospital services in which Medicare was the primary payer and the MO HealthNet Division (MHD) is the payer of last resort for cost-sharing (i.e., coinsurance, copay, and/or deductibles) must meet the following criteria to be eligible for MHD reimbursement:
related to Medicare Part B outpatient hospital services that were provided to MO HealthNet participants also having Medicare Part B coverage;
tain approved outpatient hospital services which MHD is billed for cost-sharing; and
field on the claim must contain the actual amount paid by Medicare. The MO HealthNet provider is responsible for accurate and valid reporting of crossover claims submitted to MHD for payment regardless of how the claim is submitted. Providers submitting crossover claims for Medicare Part B outpatient hospital services to MHD must be able to provide documentation that supports the information on the claim upon request. The documentation must match the information on the Medicare Part B plan’s remittance advice. Any amounts paid by MHD that are determined to be based on inaccurate data will be subject to recoupment;
Advantage/Part C (Medicare Advantage) outpatient hospital services in which a Medicare Advantage plan was the primary payer and MHD is the payer of last resort for cost-sharing (i.e., coinsurance, copay, and/or deductibles) must meet the following criteria to be eligible for MHD reimbursement:
related to Medicare Advantage outpatient hospital services that were provided to MO. HealthNet participants who also are either a Qualified Medicare Beneficiary (QMB Only) or Qualified Medicare Beneficiary Plus (QMB Plus);
submitted as a Medicare UB-04 Part C Professional Crossover claim through the MHD online billing system;
tain approved outpatient hospital services which MHD is billed for cost-sharing; and
field on the claim must contain the actual amount paid by the Medicare Advantage plan. The MO HealthNet provider is responsible for accurate and valid reporting of crossover claims submitted to MHD for payment. Providers submitting crossover claims for Medicare Advantage outpatient hospital services to MHD must be able to provide documentation that supports the information on the claim upon request. The documentation must match the information on the Medicare Advantage plan’s remittance advice. Any amounts paid by MHD that are determined to be based on inaccurate data will be subject to recoupment;
outpatient hospital services. MHD will reimburse seventy-five percent (75%) of the allowable cost-sharing amount; and
one hundred percent (100%) of the allowable cost-sharing amounts for outpatient services provided by public hospitals operated by DMH as set forth above in paragraph (1)(C)4.
(2) Exempt Hospitals. Exempt Hospital Outpatient payment percent will be set as follows and will include:
(A) New Medicaid providers which do not have a fourth, fifth, and sixth prior year cost report.
interim outpatient payment percentage for new Medicaid hospital providers will be set at seventy-five percent (75%) for the first three (3) state fiscal years in which the hospital operates. The cost reports for these three (3) years will have a cost settlement calculated in accordance with 13 CSR 70-15.040.
payment percentage for the fourth and fifth year in which the hospital operates will be based on the overall Medicaid cost-to-charge ratio from its fourth prior year cost report.
(C) A hospital which had a change-in-ownership or merged its operation with another hospital between January 1, 1997 and June 30, 2002, and does not have a 1997 cost report filed by new owner, shall have the option to delay its entry into prospective outpatient payment methodology or enter the prospective outpatient payment methodology identified in subsection (1)(A) of this regulation. The hospital must notify the division of its decision by March 3, 2003. A hospital which chooses to delay its entry into the prospective outpatient payment methodology will receive an outpatient payment percentage starting July 1, 2002, and may have final settlements calculated in accordance with paragraphs (2)(C)1., and 2. The transfer to the prospective outpatient payment percentage will occur as follows:
fourth prior year cost report (for SFY 2003 cost report would be 1999) filed by new owner will have its retrospective outpatient payment percentage based on the overall outpatient cost-to-charge ratio from the most current desk-reviewed cost report, either prior or current owner. All cost reports for prior and current owner ending in the SFY prior to the year the new owner receives a prospective outpatient payment percentage in accordance with paragraph (2)(C)2., will have a final settlement calculated in accordance with 13 CSR 70-15.040; and
year cost report filed by current owner will have its prospective outpatient payment 13 CSR 70-15
percentage based on the overall outpatient cost-to-charge ratio from its fourth prior year cost report for the fourth and fifth SFY after the change-in-ownership or merger which occurred prior to July 1, 2002. For the sixth SFY the hospital’s rate will be established in accordance with subsection (1)(A) of this regulation. Chart for prospective rates for change in ownership or merger:
(4) Definitions.
(C) Effective date.
1, 2002.
percentages will be effective July 1 of each SFY.
(D) Nominal charge provider. A nominal charge provider is determined from the fourth prior year desk-reviewed cost report. The hospital must meet the following criteria:
unsponsored care ratio of at least sixty-five percent (65%) and is licensed for fifty (50) inpatient beds or more and has an occupancy rate of more than forty percent (40%). The unsponsored care ratio is determined as the sum of bad debts and charity care divided by total net revenue. The hospital must meet one (1) of the federally mandated Disproportionate Share qualifications; or
ated by the Department of Mental Health primarily for the care and treatment of mental disorders.
(5) Outpatient Simplified Fee Schedule (OSFS) Payment Methodology.
(A) Definitions. The following definitions will be used in administering section (5) of this rule:
(APC). Medicare’s ambulatory payment classification assignment groups of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) or Healthcare Common Procedures Coding System (HCPCS) codes. APCs classify and group clinically similar outpatient hospital services that can be expected to consume similar amounts of hospital resources. All services within an APC group have the same relative weight used to calculate the payment rates;
ed national conversion factor calculated by Medicare effective January 1 of each year, as published with the Medicare Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS) Final Rule, and used to convert the APC relative weights into a dollar payment. The Medicare OPPS Final Rule is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule as published by the Department of Social Services, MO HealthNet Division, 615 Howerton Court, Jefferson City, MO 65109, at its website at https://dssruletracker.mo.gov/dss-proposedrules/welcome.action, December 9, 2020. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions;
relative weights calculated by Medicare for the Outpatient Prospective Payment System;
(CPT). A medical code set that is used to report medical, surgical, and diagnostic procedures and services to entities such as physicians, health insurance companies, and accreditation organizations;
dure codes found in the Code on Dental Procedures and Nomenclature (CDT), a national uniform coding method for dental procedures maintained by the American Dental Association;
Hospital. Hospitals that meet the federal definition found in section 1820(c)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act;
method maintained by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that incorporates the American Medical Association (AMA) Physicians CPT and the three (3) HCPCS unique coding levels, I, II, and III;
Payment System (IPPS) wage index. The wage area index values are calculated annually by Medicare, published as part of the Medicare IPPS Final Rule;
gle, statewide conversion factor used by the MO HealthNet Division (MHD) to determine the APC-based fees, uses a formula based on Medicare OPPS. The formula consists of: sixty percent (60%) of the APC conversion factor, as defined in paragraph (5)(A)2. multiplied by the St. Louis, MO Medicare IPPS wage index value, plus the remaining forty percent (40%) of the APC conversion factor, with no wage index adjustment;
charge provider is determined from the fourth prior year audited Medicaid cost report. The hospital must meet the following criteria:
acute care hospital with a low income utilization rate (LIUR) of at least fifty percent (50%) and a Medicaid inpatient utilization rate (MIUR) greater than one (1) standard deviation from the mean, and is licensed for fifty (50) inpatient beds or more and has an occupancy rate of at least forty percent (40%). The hospital must meet one (1) of the federally mandated Disproportionate Share qualifications; or
operated by the Department of Mental Health primarily for the care and treatment of mental disorders; and
State of Missouri;
System (OPPS). Medicare’s hospital outpatient prospective payment system mandated by the Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 (BBRA) and the Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) Benefits Improvement and Protection Act (BIPA) of 2000; and
centage applied to the Medicare fee to derive the OSFS fee.
(B) Effective for dates of service beginning July 20, 2021, outpatient hospital services shall be reimbursed on a predetermined feefor-service basis using an OSFS based on the APC groups and fees under the Medicare Hospital OPPS. When service coverage and payment policy differences exist between Medicare OPPS and Medicaid, MHD policies and fee schedules are used. The fee schedule will be updated as follows:
OSFS annually on July 1 based on the payment method described in subsection (5)(D); and
ence and made a part of this rule as published by the Department of Social Services, MO HealthNet Division, 615 Howerton Court, Jefferson City, MO 65109, at its website at https://dssruletracker.mo.gov/dss-proposedrules/welcome.action, July 20, 2021. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
(D) Fee schedule methodology. Fees for outpatient hospital services covered by the MO HealthNet program are determined by the HCPCS procedure code at the line level and the following hierarchy:
rate assigned to the procedure in the Medicare OPPS Addendum B is used to calculate the fee for the service, with the exception of the hospital observation per hour fee which is calculated based on the method described in subparagraph (5)(D)1.B. Fees derived from APC weights and payment rates are established using the Medicare OPPS Addendum B effective as of January 1 of each year as published by the CMS for Medicare OPPS. The Medicare OPPS Addendum B is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule as published by the Department of Social Services, MO HealthNet Division, 615 Howerton Court, Jefferson City, MO 65109, at its website at https://dssruletracker.mo.gov/dss-proposedrules/welcome.action, December 29, 2020. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
APC relative weight times the Missouri conversion factor. The resulting amount is then multiplied by the payment level adjustment of ninety percent (90%) to derive the OSFS fee.
calculated based on the relative weight for the Medicare APC (using the Medicare OPPS Addendum A effective as of January 1 of each year as published by the CMS for Medicare OPPS) which corresponds with comprehensive observation services multiplied by the Missouri conversion factor divided by forty (40), the maximum payable hours by Medicare. The resulting amount is then multiplied by the payment level adjustment of ninety percent (90%) to derive the OSFS fee. The Medicare OPPS Addendum A is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule as published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, and available at https://dssruletracker.mo.gov/dss-proposed-rules/welcome.action, July 6, 2021. This rule does not incorporate any subse- 13 CSR 70-15
quent amendments or additions.
relative weight, ninety percent (90%) of the Medicare APC payment rate is used as the fee;
APC payment rate established for a particular service in the Medicare OPPS Addendum B, then the MHD approved fee will be ninety percent (90%) of the rate listed on other Medicare fee schedules, effective as of January 1 of each year: Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule; Physician Fee Schedule; and Durable Medical Equipment Prosthetics/Orthotics and Supplies Fee Schedule, applicable to the outpatient hospital service.
Fee Schedule is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule as published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, and available at https://www.cms.gov/license/ama?file=/files/ zip/21clabq1.zip, January 5, 2021. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
Schedule is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule as published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, and available at https://www.cms.gov/medicaremedicare-feeservice-paymentphysicianfeeschedpfs-carrierspecific-files/all-states-0 January 4, 2021. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
Equipment Prosthetics/Orthotics and Supplies Fee Schedule is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule as published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, and available at https://www.cms.gov/medicaremedicare-feeservice-paymentdmeposfeescheddmepos-feeschedule/dme21, December 2, 2020. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions;
outpatient hospital setting are calculated based on thirty-eight and one half percent (38.5%) of the fiftieth percentile fee for Missouri reflected in the 2021 National Dental Advisory Service (NDAS). The 2021 NDAS is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule as published by Wasserman Medical & Dental at its website at https://wasserman-medical.com/product-category/dental/ndas/, and available at the MO HealthNet Division, 615 Howerton Court, Jefferson, City MO 65109, April 20, 2021. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions;
APC payment rate, other Medicare fee schedule rate, or NDAS rate established for a covered outpatient hospital service, then a MO HealthNet fee will be determined using the MHD Dental, Medical, Other Medical or Independent Lab – Technical Component fee schedules.
is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule as published by the Department of Social Services, MO HealthNet Division, 615 Howerton Court, Jefferson City, MO 65109, at its website at https://dss.mo.gov/mhd/providers/pages/cpta gree.htm, April 12, 2021. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule as published by the Department of Social Services, MO HealthNet Division, 615 Howerton Court, Jefferson City, MO 65109, at its website at https://dssruletracke r . m o . g o v / d s s - p r o p o s e d - rules/welcome.action, July 13, 2021. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
Schedule is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule as published by the Department of Social Services, MO HealthNet Division, 615 Howerton Court, Jefferson City, MO 65109, at its website at https://dss.mo.gov/mhd/providers/pages/cpta gree.htm, April 12, 2021. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
Technical Component Fee Schedule is incorporated by reference and made a part of this rule as published by the Department of Social Services, MO HealthNet Division, 615 Howerton Court, Jefferson City, MO 65109, at its website at https://dss.mo.gov/mhd/providers/pages/cpta gree.htm, April 12, 2021. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions;
access hospitals will receive an additional forty percent (40%) of the rate as determined in paragraph (5)(B)2. for each billed procedure code; and
receive an additional twenty-five percent (25%) of the rate as determined in paragraph (5)(B)2. for each billed procedure code.
AUTHORITY: sections 208.153, 208.201, and 660.017, RSMo 2016, and section 208.152, RSMo Supp. 2021.* Emergency rule filed June 20, 2002, effective July 1, 2002, expired Feb. 27, 2003. Original rule filed June 14, 2002, effective Jan. 30, 2003. Amended: Filed May 3, 2004, effective Oct. 30, 2004. Amended: Filed June 15, 2005, effective Dec. 30, 2005. Emergency amendment filed Sept. 21, 2010, effective Oct. 1, 2010, expired March 29, 2011. Amended: Filed Sept. 30, 2010, effective March 30, 2011. Emergency amendment filed Sept. 20, 2011, effective Oct. 1, 2011, expired March 28, 2012. Amended: Filed July 1, 2011, effective Feb. 29, 2012. Emergency amendment filed June 20, 2012, effective July 1, 2012, expired Dec. 28, 2012. Amended: Filed June 20, 2012, effective Jan. 30, 2013. Amended: Filed July 1, 2013, effective Jan. 30, 2014. Amended: Filed May 1, 2018, effective Jan. 1, 2019. Amended: Filed Jan. 8, 2019, effective July 30, 2019. Amended: Filed April 21, 2021, effective Nov. 30, 2021. *Original authority: 208.152, RSMo 1967, amended 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1978, 1981, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021; 208.153, RSMo 1967, amended 1967, 1973, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2007, 2012; 208.201, RSMo 1987, amended 2007; and 660.017, RSMo 1993, amended 1995.