This section does not apply during the period that the office is assessing a hospital fee authorized by IC 16-21-10.
STEP ONE: The office shall identify the aggregate outpatient hospital services, reimbursable under this article and under the state Medicaid plan, that were provided during the state fiscal year by hospitals established and operated under IC 16-22-2, IC 16-22-8, or IC 16-23.
STEP TWO: For the aggregate outpatient hospital services identified under STEP ONE, the office shall calculate the aggregate payments made under this article and under the state Medicaid plan to hospitals established and operated under IC 16-22-2, IC 16-22-8, or IC 16-23, excluding payments under IC 12-15-16, IC 12-15-17, and IC 12-15-19.
STEP THREE: The office shall calculate a reasonable estimate of the amount that would have been paid in the aggregate by the office under Medicare payment principles for the outpatient hospital services described in STEP ONE.
STEP FOUR: Subtract the amount calculated under STEP TWO from the amount calculated under STEP THREE.
STEP FIVE: Subject to subsection (g), from the amount calculated under STEP FOUR, allocate to a hospital established and operated under IC 16-22-8 an amount not to exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the difference between:
STEP SIX: Subtract the amount calculated under STEP FIVE from the amount calculated under STEP FOUR.
STEP SEVEN: Distribute an amount equal to the amount calculated under STEP SIX to the eligible hospitals established and operated under IC 16-22-2 or IC 16-23 described in subsection (c) in an amount not to exceed each hospital's Medicaid shortfall as defined in subsection (f).
after the close of each state fiscal year. An intergovernmental transfer under this subsection must be made to the Medicaid indigent care trust fund in an amount equal to a percentage, as determined by the office, of the amount to be distributed to the hospital under subsection (b). The office shall use the intergovernmental transfer to fund payments made under this section.
STEP ONE: The office shall identify the outpatient hospital services, reimbursable under this article and under the state Medicaid plan, that were provided during the state fiscal year by the hospital.
STEP TWO: For the outpatient hospital services identified under STEP ONE, the office shall calculate the payments made under this article and under the state Medicaid plan to the hospital, excluding payments under IC 12-15-16, IC 12-15-17, and IC 12-15-19.
STEP THREE: The office shall calculate a reasonable estimate of the amount that would have been paid by the office for the outpatient hospital services described in STEP ONE under Medicare payment principles; and
IC 12-15-15-1.3