Section 131E-147.5 - Charity care requirement for qualified urban ambulatory surgical facilities; annual report(a) The percentage of each qualified urban ambulatory surgical facility's total earned revenue that is attributed to self-pay and Medicaid revenue shall be equivalent to at least four percent (4%), calculated as follows: the Medicare allowable amount for self-pay and Medicaid surgical cases minus all revenue earned from self-pay and Medicaid cases, divided by the total earned revenues for all surgical cases, divided by the total earned revenues for all surgical cases performed in the facility for procedures for which there is a Medicare allowable fee.(b) Each qualified urban ambulatory surgical facility shall annually report to the Department in the manner prescribed by the Department the percentage of the facility's earned revenue that is attributed to self-pay and Medicaid revenue, as calculated in accordance with subsection (a) of this section.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 131E-147.5
Added by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 7,s. 3.2-c, eff. 3/27/2023, op. two years from the date the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) issues the first directed payment in accordance with the Healthcare Access and Stabilization Program (HASP) under G.S. 108A-148.1, as enacted by Section 1.4 of this act, and applies to activities occurring on or after that date. The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall notify the Revisor of Statutes when the DHHS has issued the first directed payment in accordance with HASP and the date of issuance. If the DHHS has not made any HASP directed payments by June 30, 2025, then subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall expire on that date..