56-1401. SHORT TITLE — LEGISLATIVE INTENT. (1) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Idaho Hospital Assessment Act." (2) It is the intent of the legislature to encourage the maximization of financial resources eligible and available for medicaid services by establishing a fund within the Idaho department of health and welfare […]
56-1402. DEFINITIONS. As used in this chapter: (1) "Department" means the department of health and welfare. (2) "Disproportionate share hospital" means a hospital that serves a disproportionate share of medicaid low-income patients as compared to other hospitals as determined by department rule. (3) "Governmental entity" means and includes the state and its political subdivisions. (4) […]
56-1403. HOSPITAL ASSESSMENT FUND ESTABLISHED. (1) There is hereby created in the office of the state treasurer a dedicated fund to be known as the hospital assessment fund, hereinafter "fund," to be administered by the department of health and welfare, hereinafter "department." The state treasurer shall invest idle moneys in the fund and any interest […]
56-1404. ASSESSMENTS. (1) All private hospitals, except those exempted under section 56-1408, Idaho Code, shall make payments to the fund in accordance with this chapter. Subject to section 56-1410, Idaho Code, an annual assessment on both inpatient and outpatient services is determined for each qualifying hospital for each state fiscal year in an amount calculated […]
56-1405. REVIEW OF ANNUAL ASSESSMENT AMOUNT. Each state fiscal year, hospitals shall have at least thirty (30) days prior to implementation to review and verify the assessment base, rate, and the estimated assessment amount. History: [56-1405, added 2008, ch. 91, sec. 1, p. 255.]
56-1406. INPATIENT AND OUTPATIENT ADJUSTMENT PAYMENTS. All private hospitals, except those exempted under section 56-1408, Idaho Code, shall be eligible for inpatient and outpatient adjustments as follows: (1) For state fiscal year 2009, the inpatient upper payment limit gap for private hospitals shall be divided by medicaid inpatient days for the same hospitals from calendar […]
56-1407. TIMING OF PAYMENTS AND ASSESSMENTS. (1) The department shall establish an annual assessment schedule for all payments created under this chapter. (2) If a hospital fails to pay the full amount of an installment when due, including any extensions granted, there shall be added to the assessment imposed by section 56-1404, Idaho Code, unless […]
56-1408. EXEMPTIONS. (1) State hospital south in Blackfoot, Idaho, state hospital north in Orofino, Idaho, state hospital west in Nampa, Idaho, and the department of veterans affairs medical center in Boise, Idaho, are exempt from the assessment required by section 56-1404, Idaho Code. (2) A private hospital that does not provide emergency services through an […]
56-1409. MULTIHOSPITAL LOCATIONS, HOSPITAL CLOSURE AND NEW HOSPITALS. (1) If a hospital conducts, operates or maintains more than one (1) hospital licensed by the department, the hospital shall pay the assessment for each hospital separately. (2) A hospital, subject to assessments under this chapter, that ceases to conduct hospital operations or maintain its state license […]
56-1410. APPLICABILITY. (1) The assessment required by section 56-1404, Idaho Code, shall not take effect or shall cease to be imposed, and any moneys remaining in the fund shall be refunded to hospitals in proportion to the amounts paid by such hospitals if the payments to hospitals required under section 56-1403(3), Idaho Code, are changed […]
