N.J. Admin. Code § 8:31B-5.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024

Section 8:31B-5.1 - Hospital notification regarding offset

(a) The Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services, upon receipt of documentation from the Department, will apply an offset to a hospital's Medicaid payments to collect delinquent statutory and/or regulatory debts owed by the hospital to the State.

(b) On the 10th day after the due date, the Department shall send each hospital that is delinquent in paying its statutory and/or regulatory debt a notice of intent to initiate an offset to its Medicaid payments.

(c) If the Department receives a payment from a hospital for the delinquent amount after an offset has been initiated, the amount of offset shall be applied to any statutory debts owed by the hospital to the State within the next 30 days.

(d) The Department shall request the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services to initiate maximum offsets until individual hospital debts are satisfied. Offset payment schedules may be negotiated with individual hospitals based on financial stability.

N.J. Admin. Code § 8:31B-5.1

Amended by 50 N.J.R. 1494(a), effective 7/2/2018