HAR §17-1739.2-16. Adjustments to base year cost

(a) Adjustments to a provider's base year cost report that occur subsequent to a rebasing that utilizes that base year cost report shall not result in any change to the component rate ceilings for the provider's peer group. (b) Beginning with the FY 98 rebasing, the following rules shall apply to changes to a base year cost report that are made after a rebasing occurs. If a provider's PPS rates are based upon a cost report that is not finally settled, then the department shall not adjust those rates based upon subsequent changes to the base year cost report. (c) The PPS rate calculation process is complex and requires an extensive commitment of the department's resources. Occasionally, the department may uncover or have brought to its attention minor data extraction or calculation errors that affect one or a few providers. Unless the department reasonably expects the correction of an error for one or a few providers to have a significant impact on the statewide weighted averages or component ceilings, the department need not recalculate those averages or ceilings to reflect a recalculation of the basic PPS rates of the one or few providers. [Eff 09/01/03 ] (Auth: HRS §346-59; 42 U.S.C. §1396a) (Imp: 42 C.F.R. §447.252)