Md. Code Regs. 10.37.10.27

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 25, December 13, 2024

Section 10.37.10.27 - Designated Interested Parties

A. Designated interested parties for a specific rate review proceeding may include:

(1) Those community oriented groups which the Commission determines have a significant interest in the hospital and its rate application;

(2) Those third-party payors or their representatives who have been designated by the Commission as interested parties for this proceeding;

(3) The hospital whose rates are being reviewed;

(4) Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority for rate review proceedings concerning hospitals with capital financing through the Authority.

(5) Group Hospitalization, Incorporated, for rate review proceedings concerning hospitals with which it has contractual relations; and

(6) Legal Aid Bureau of Baltimore City.

B. Designated interested parties for all rate applications are:

(1) Provider Reimbursement Department of Blue Cross of Maryland, Inc.;

(2) Medical Care Programs Administration of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (Medicaid);

(3) Division of Provider Reimbursement and Accounting Policy, Bureau of Health Insurance, Social Security Administration, Department of Health, Education and Welfare of the United States (Medicare); and

(4) Health Insurance Association of America.

Md. Code Regs. 10.37.10.27

Regulation .27A amended effective February 18, 2002 (29:3 Md. R. 221)