House
File
2501
H-8485
Amend
House
File
2501
as
follows:
1
1.
Page
31,
line
17,
after
<
rates
>
by
inserting
<
,
including
2
multiple
provider
payment
rates,
>
3
2.
Page
31,
line
20,
after
<
changes.
>
by
inserting
<
The
4
department
shall
consult
with
affected
providers
and
shall
5
analyze
the
potential
impact
of
changes
on
provider
operations,
6
provider
finances,
patient
care,
and
patient
and
family
7
satisfaction.
Pending
completion
and
delivery
of
such
report,
8
the
department
shall
not
implement
any
multiple
provider
9
payment
reductions
or
other
payment
reductions
related
to
10
Medicare
fee
schedules
or
other
reimbursement
methodologies
for
11
specific
services.
>
12
3.
Page
49,
after
line
18
by
inserting:
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<
Sec.
___.
2017
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
174,
section
74,
is
14
amended
to
read
as
follows:
15
SEC.
74.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
The
following
16
provisions
of
this
division
of
this
Act,
being
deemed
of
17
immediate
importance,
take
effect
upon
enactment:
18
1.
The
provision
relating
to
section
232.141
and
directing
19
the
state
court
administrator
and
the
division
administrator
of
20
the
department
of
human
services
division
of
child
and
family
21
services
to
make
the
determination,
by
June
15,
2018,
of
the
22
distribution
of
funds
allocated
for
the
payment
of
the
expenses
23
of
court-ordered
services
provided
to
juveniles
which
are
a
24
charge
upon
the
state.
25
2.
The
review
by
the
department
of
human
services
of
all
26
current
Medicaid
fee
schedules
and
the
prohibition
against
the
27
implementation
of
any
multiple
provider
payment
reductions
or
28
other
payment
reductions
related
to
Medicare
fee
schedules
29
or
other
reimbursement
methodologies
for
specific
services,
30
pending
the
completion
and
delivery
of
the
report
regarding
the
31
review.
32
Sec.
___.
2017
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
174,
is
amended
by
adding
33
the
following
new
section:
34
NEW
SECTION
.
74A.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
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#1.
#2.
#3.
The
following
apply
retroactively
to
January
1,
2018:
1
The
section
of
this
division
of
this
Act
relating
to
the
2
prohibition
against
the
implementation
of
any
multiple
provider
3
payment
reductions
or
other
payment
reductions
related
to
4
Medicare
fee
schedules
or
other
reimbursement
methodologies
for
5
specific
services,
pending
the
completion
and
delivery
of
the
6
report
regarding
the
review
of
all
Medicaid
fee
schedules.
>
7
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of
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