§ 108A-146.15 – Use of funds.
108A-146.15. Use of funds. The proceeds of the assessments imposed under this Part, and all corresponding matching federal funds, must be used to make the State’s annual Medicaid payment to the State, to fund payments to hospitals made directly by the Department, to fund a portion of capitation payments to prepaid health plans attributable to […]
§ 108A-145.9 – Allowable costs; patient billing.
108A-145.9. Allowable costs; patient billing. (a) Assessments paid under this Article may be included as allowable costs of a hospital for purposes of any applicable Medicaid reimbursement formula, except that assessments paid under this Article shall be excluded from cost settlement. (b) Assessments imposed under this Article may not be added as a surtax or […]
§ 108A-145.11 – Rulemaking authority.
108A-145.11. Rulemaking authority. The Secretary may adopt rules to implement this Article. (2021-61, s. 2.)
§ 108A-145.13 – Repeal.
108A-145.13. Repeal. If CMS determines that an assessment under this Article is impermissible or revokes approval of an assessment under this Article, then that assessment shall not be imposed and the Department’s authority to collect the assessment is repealed. (2021-61, s. 2.)
§ 108A-145.1 – Short title and purpose.
108A-145.1. Short title and purpose. This Article shall be known as the "Hospital Assessment Act." This Article does not authorize a political subdivision of the State to license a hospital for revenue or impose a tax or assessment on a hospital. (2021-61, s. 2.)
§ 108A-145.3 – Definitions.
108A-145.3. Definitions. The following definitions apply in this Article: (1) Acute care hospital. – A hospital licensed in North Carolina that is not a freestanding psychiatric hospital, a freestanding rehabilitation hospital, a long-term care hospital, or a State-owned and State-operated hospital. (2) Base capitation rate. – A periodic per-enrollee or per-event amount paid by the […]
§ 108A-145.5 – Due dates and collections.
108A-145.5. Due dates and collections. (a) Assessments under this Article are calculated, imposed, and due quarterly in the time and manner prescribed by the Secretary and shall be considered delinquent if not paid within seven calendar days of this due date. (b) With respect to any hospital owing a past-due assessment amount under this Article, […]
§ 108A-145.7 – Assessment appeals.
108A-145.7. Assessment appeals. A hospital may appeal a determination of the assessment amount owed through a reconsideration review. The pendency of an appeal does not relieve a hospital from its obligation to pay an assessment amount when due. (2021-61, s. 2.)