Section 7 AAC 12.615 - Facility fees(a) An application under AS 47.32.040 from a facility for a license must be accompanied by the following fees to cover the provisional licensure period: (1) for a hospital: $2,000, plus $85 per bed;(2) for a nursing facility within the meaning given in AS 47.32.900: $1,000, plus $125 per bed;(3) for an ambulatory surgical center, including an ambulatory surgical facility: $650;(4) for a free-standing birth center: $250;(5) for a home health agency within the meaning given in AS 47.32.900, fees as follows: (A) a fee based on total employee full-time equivalents (FTEs) to include any fiill-time equivalents at any subunit or branch, as follows: (i) five or fewer fiill-time equivalents: $1,000; (ii) six to 15 full-time equivalents: $1,500;(iii) 16 to 50 full-time equivalents: $2,000;(iv) 51 or more fiill-time equivalents: $3,000;(B) in addition to the applicable fee under (A) of this paragraph, $500 for each separate subunit or branch that the home health agency includes in the home health agency's license;(6) for a hospice agency, fees as follows: (A) for a parent hospice agency and each agency that operates as a subunit under a parent hospital agency, fees as follows: (i) a volunteer hospice that primarily provides hospice services where a client lives or stays: $100;(ii) a non-volunteer hospice that primarily provides hospice services where a client lives or stays: $250;(iii) an inpatient hospice facility: $250, plus $75 per bed;(B) in addition to the applicable fee under (A) of this paragraph, $100 for each separate subunit that the parent hospice agency includes in the parent hospice agency's license;(7) for a frontier extended stay clinic: $250, plus $100 for each bed used for extended stay patients.(b) The department may extend, without charging a fee, a provisional license for one additional period not to exceed one year under AS 47.32.050(a).(c) Before the department issues a facility a biennial license under AS 47.32.050(b), or before the department renews a biennial license under AS 47.32.060(a), the facility must pay the following fees: (1) for a hospital: $4,000, plus $170 per bed;(2) for a nursing facility within the meaning given in AS 47.32.900: $2,000, plus $250 per bed;(3) for an ambulatory surgical center, including an ambulatory surgical facility: $1,300;(4) for a free-standing birth center: $500;(5) for a home health agency within the meaning given in AS 47.32.900, fees as follows: (A) a fee based on total employee full-time equivalents (FTEs) to include any full-time equivalents at any subunit or branch, as follows: (i) five or fewer full-time equivalents: $2,000; (ii) six to 15 full-time equivalents: $3,000; (iii) 16 to 50 full-time equivalents: $4,000; (iv) 51 or more full-time equivalents: $6,000;(B) in addition to the applicable fee under (A) of this paragraph, $1,000 for each separate subunit or branch that the home health agency includes in the home health agency's license;(6) for a hospice agency, fees as follows: (A) for a parent hospice agency and each agency that operates as a subunit under a parent hospital agency, fees as follows: (i) for a volunteer hospice that primarily provides hospice services where a client lives or stays: $200;(ii) for a non-volunteer hospice that primarily provides hospice services where a client lives or stays: $500;(iii) for an inpatient hospice facility: $500, plus $150 per bed;(B) in addition to the applicable fee under (A) of this paragraph, $200 for each separate subunit that the parent hospice agency includes in the parent hospice agency's license;(7) for a frontier extended stay clinic: $500, plus $200 for each bed used for extended stay patients.(d) If an inspection reveals noncompliance with AS 47.32 or this chapter, a facility shall pay, not later than 30 days after the revisit, a revisit fee as follows for each additional onsite visit by the department that results from failure of the facility to achieve and maintain compliance within a reasonable time set by the department: (1) for a hospital: $500;(2) for a nursing facility within the meaning given in AS 47.32.900: $500;(3) for an ambulatory surgical center, including an ambulatory surgical facility: $250;(4) for a free-standing birth center: $150;(5) for a home health agency within the meaning given in AS 47.32.900: $150;(6) for a hospice agency: $ 100;(7) for a frontier extended stay clinic: $250.(e) If a facility changes location, the department will make an onsite visit and inspection of the new location. The facility shall pay the applicable fee in (d) of this section that the department would charge for a revisit.(f) A fee due under this section is nonrefundable.(g) Violation of this section may result in an enforcement action under AS 47.32.140. (h) If a facility applies for a license modification to expand capacity to serve additional patients, residents, or clients, and the application is not part of an application submitted timely under AS 47.32.060 and 7 AAC 12.610(d) for renewal of a biennial license, the facility shall pay the applicable bed fee required under (a) of this section for each additional bed, regardless of the amount of time left in the current biennial licensing period. (i) If a home health agency within the meaning given in AS 47.32.900 applies for a license modification to add a subunit or branch, and the application is not part of an application submitted timely under AS 47.32.060 and 7 AAC 12.610(d) for renewal of a biennial license, the home health agency shall pay the appropriate fees in (a) of this section for each new subunit or branch and any fees associated with additional full-time equivalents, regardless of the amount of time left in the current biennial licensing period.(j) If a facility applies for a license modification for a reason not otherwise set out in this section, and the application is not part of an application submitted timely under AS 47.32,060 and 7 AAC 12.610(d) for renewal of a biennial license, the facility shall pay a modification fee of $250, regardless of the amount of time left in the current biennial licensing period.(k) A facility that the state owns and operates is exempt from paying a fee set out in this section.Eff. 6/29/2017,Register 222, July 2017Authority:AS 18.05.040
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