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Title 12 - HEALTHAgency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICESChapter 70 - METHODS AND STANDARDS FOR ESTABLISHING PAYMENT RATES - INPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICESPart V - Inpatient Hospital Payment System
Article 2 - Prospective (DRG-Based) Payment Methodology
Section 12VAC30-70-271 - Payment for capital costs

12 Va. Admin. Code § 30-70-271

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Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 4, October 8, 2024
Section 12VAC30-70-271 - Payment for capital costs
A. Inpatient capital costs shall be determined on an allowable cost basis and settled at the hospital's fiscal year end. Allowable cost shall be determined following the methodology described in Supplement 3 (12VAC30-70-10 through 12VAC30-70-130 ).
B. For hospitals with fiscal years that are in progress and do not begin on July 1, inpatient capital costs for the fiscal year in progress shall be apportioned in accordance with subdivisions 1 through 6 of this subsection.
1. Inpatient capital costs apportioned before July 1, 2003, shall be settled at 100% of allowable cost.
2. Effective July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2009, inpatient capital costs of Type One hospitals shall be settled at 100% of allowable cost. Inpatient capital costs of Type Two hospitals shall be settled at 80% of allowable cost.
3. Effective July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010, inpatient capital costs of Type One hospitals shall be settled at 100% of allowable cost. Inpatient capital costs of Type Two hospitals, excluding hospitals with Virginia Medicaid utilization greater than 50%, shall be settled at 75% of allowable cost. Inpatient capital costs of Type Two hospitals with Virginia Medicaid utilization greater than 50% shall be settled at 80% of allowable cost.
4. Effective July 1, 2010, through September 30, 2010, inpatient capital costs of Type One hospitals shall be settled at 97% of allowable costs. Inpatient capital costs of Type Two hospitals, excluding hospitals with Virginia Medicaid utilization greater than 50%, shall be settled at 72% of allowable cost. Inpatient capital costs of Type Two hospitals with Virginia Medicaid utilization greater than 50% shall be settled at 77% of allowable cost.
5. Effective October 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011, inpatient capital costs of Type One hospitals shall be settled at 100% of allowable cost. Inpatient capital costs of Type Two hospitals, excluding hospitals with Virginia Medicaid utilization greater than 50%, shall be settled at 75% of allowable cost. Inpatient capital costs of Type Two hospitals with Virginia Medicaid utilization greater than 50% shall be settled at 80% of allowable cost.
6. Effective July 1, 2011, inpatient capital costs of Type One hospitals shall be settled at 96% of allowable costs. Inpatient capital costs of Type Two hospitals, excluding hospitals with Virginia Medicaid utilization greater than 50%, shall be settled at 71% of allowable cost. Inpatient capital costs of Type Two hospitals with Virginia Medicaid utilization greater than 50% shall be settled at 76% of allowable cost.
7. Effective July 1, 2019, inpatient capital rates for critical access hospitals shall be 100% of cost reimbursement.
C. The exception to the policy in subsection A of this section is that the hospital specific rate per day for services in freestanding psychiatric facilities licensed as hospitals, as determined in 12VAC30-70-321 B, shall be an all-inclusive payment for operating and capital costs. The capital rate per day determined in 12VAC30-70-321 will be multiplied by the same percentage of allowable cost specified in subsection B of this section.

12 Va. Admin. Code § 30-70-271

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 16, Issue 18, eff. July 1, 2000; amended, Virginia Register Volume 20, Issue 19, eff. July 1, 2004; Volume 25, Issue 3, eff. November 27, 2008; Volume 26, Issue 12, eff. March 17, 2010; Volume 27, Issue 19, eff. July 1, 2011; Amended, Virginia Register Volume 36, Issue 08, eff. 1/8/2020.

Statutory Authority: § 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 1396 et seq.