§ 108A-146.12 – Postpartum coverage component.
108A-146.12. Postpartum coverage component. The postpartum coverage component is twelve million five hundred thousand dollars ($12,500,000) for each quarter of the 2021-2022 State fiscal year. For each subsequent State fiscal year, the postpartum coverage component shall be increased over the prior year’s quarterly amount by the Medicare Economic Index. (2021-180, s. 9D.13A(c).)
§ 108A-146.12A – Home and community-based services component.
108A-146.12A. Home and community-based services component. The home and community-based services component is thirty-five million five hundred thousand dollars ($35,500,000) for each quarter of the 2023-2024 State fiscal year. For each subsequent State fiscal year, the postpartum coverage component shall be increased over the prior year’s quarterly amount by the Medicare Economic Index. (2021-180, s […]
§ 108A-117 – Notice to customer; delayed notice.
108A-117. Notice to customer; delayed notice. (a) Upon the issuance of a subpoena pursuant to G.S. 108A-116, the investigating entity shall immediately provide the customer with written notice of its action by first-class mail to the customer’s last known address, unless an order for delayed notice is obtained pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. […]
§ 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.)
§ 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.)