Section Ed 1129.22 - Joint Rate Notification(a) The department and the department of health and human services shall both notify the agency by certified mail of the tentative rate(s) and the notification shall include any schedule of adjustments used in the determination of the tentative rate(s).(b) The agency shall review the notification and schedule of adjustments. If the agency has questions, problems, or both, with the tentative rate(s) the agency shall request a joint meeting with the department's rate setter and the department of health and human services rate setter within 14 working days of receipt of the notification letter from the department and department of health and human services which states the tentative rate(s).(c) The request for a joint meeting with the department's rate setter and the department of health and human services rate setter shall state the specific reasons why the agency believes there was an error in the tentative rate(s).(d) Unless a written request for a meeting is received by the department and the department of health and human services within 14 working days of the agency's receipt of the notification letter from the department and the department of health and human services which states the tentative rate, the tentative rate(s) shall become final.(e) If the agency requests a joint meeting with both of the state's rate setters concerning the tentative rate(s) and the results of that meeting do not satisfactorily resolve the concern(s) of the agency, the agency shall be informed by both rate setters of his/her right to review pursuant to rules of the department of health and human services and the department.(f) During any review held pursuant to rules of the department of health and human services or the department, the agency's most recent approved final rate(s) shall remain in effect for billing purposes. If the agency has not had a previously approved final rate(s) adopted by the department and the department of health and human services, the agency may bill for services at the tentative rate(s).N.H. Admin. Code § Ed 1129.22
(see Revision Note at chapter heading for Ed 1100) #9197, eff 6-28-08
Amended by Volume XXXVII Number 15, Filed April 13, 2017, Proposed by #12141, Effective 3/24/2017, Expires 3/24/2027.