Text: HF02073 Text: HF02075 Text: HF02000 - HF02099 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 249A.26, Code 1997, is amended by 1 2 adding the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. If the nonfederal share of a service 1 4 is funded in whole or in part by a county and the county 1 5 determines the billing for the service or the cost reports 1 6 used to develop the reimbursement rate for the service are 1 7 inaccurate or do not accurately reflect the costs which are 1 8 chargeable to medical assistance, the county may request the 1 9 department to revise the reimbursement rate to adjust for the 1 10 inaccuracy. The billing and cost reports relating to a 1 11 service may be considered for inaccuracy and rate adjustment 1 12 for the ten years prior to the date of the request. If the 1 13 department determines there is an inaccuracy in the billing or 1 14 the cost reports are inaccurate or do not accurately reflect 1 15 the costs which are chargeable to medical assistance, the 1 16 department shall adjust the reimbursement rate for the service 1 17 to correct the inaccuracy. 1 18 EXPLANATION 1 19 This bill relates to medical assistance services for which 1 20 all or part of the nonfederal share is paid by counties. The 1 21 bill amends Code section 249A.26, relating to state and county 1 22 participation in funding for services under the medical 1 23 assistance program. The amendment allows a county which has 1 24 determined that a billing or the cost reports used to 1 25 determine the service reimbursement rate are inaccurate or do 1 26 not accurately reflect the costs which are chargeable to 1 27 medical assistance, to request the department of human 1 28 services to revise the reimbursement rate to correct the 1 29 inaccuracy. If the department determines the inaccuracy 1 30 exists, the department shall adjust the reimbursement rate to 1 31 correct the inaccuracy. 1 32 LSB 3544HH 77 1 33 jp/jw/5
Text: HF02073 Text: HF02075 Text: HF02000 - HF02099 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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