LAC 50:V.6119. Children’s Specialty Hospitals

A. Effective for dates of service on or after September 1, 2009, the reimbursement amount paid to children’s specialty hospitals for outpatient hospital services other than clinical diagnostic laboratory services, outpatient surgeries, rehabilitation services, and outpatient hospital facility fees shall be as follows. 1. Qualifying hospitals shall receive an interim payment that is equal to 97 percent of the hospital’s cost to charge ratio as calculated from the latest filed cost report. 2. Final reimbursement shall be 97 percent of allowable cost as calculated through the cost report settlement process. B. Effective for dates of service on or after February 3, 2010, the reimbursement paid to children’s specialty hospitals for outpatient hospital services other than clinical diagnostic laboratory services, outpatient surgeries, rehabilitation services, and outpatient hospital facility fees shall be reduced by five percent of the rates effective as of February 2, 2010. 1. Final reimbursement shall be 92.15 percent of allowable cost as calculated through the cost report settlement process. C. Effective for dates of service on or after August 1, 2010, the reimbursement fees paid to children’s specialty hospitals for outpatient hospital services other than rehabilitation services and outpatient hospital facility fees shall be reduced by 4.6 percent of the rates effective as of July 31, 2010. 1. Final reimbursement shall be 87.91 percent of allowable cost as calculated through the cost report settlement process. D. Effective for dates of service on or after January 1, 2011, the reimbursement fees paid to children’s specialty hospitals for outpatient hospital services other than rehabilitation services and outpatient hospital facility fees shall be reduced by 2 percent of the rates effective as of December 31, 2010. 1. Final reimbursement shall be 86.15 percent of allowable cost as calculated through the cost report settlement process. E. Effective for dates of service on or after August 1, 2012, the reimbursement fees paid to children’s specialty hospitals for outpatient hospital services other than rehabilitation services and outpatient hospital facility fees shall be reduced by 3.7 percent of the rates in effect on July 31, 2012. Final reimbursement shall be 82.96 percent of allowable cost as calculated through the cost report settlement process. F. Effective for dates of service on or after February 1, 2013, the reimbursement fees paid to children’s specialty hospitals for outpatient hospital services other than rehabilitation services and outpatient hospital facility fees shall be reduced by 1 percent of the rates in effect on January 31, 2013. Final reimbursement shall be 82.13 percent of allowable cost as calculated through the cost report settlement process. G. Effective for dates of service on or after January 1, 2017, the reimbursement fees paid to children’s specialty hospitals for outpatient hospital services, other than rehabilitation services and outpatient hospital facility fees, shall be increased by 7.03 percent of the rates in effect as of December 31, 2016. 1. Final reimbursement shall be 87.91 percent of allowable cost as calculated through the cost report settlement process. H. Effective for dates of service on or after January 1, 2018, the reimbursement fees paid to children’s specialty hospitals for outpatient hospital services, other than rehabilitation services and outpatient hospital facility fees, shall be increased by 4.82 percent of the rates in effect as of December 31, 2017. 1. Final reimbursement shall be 92.15 percent of allowable cost as calculated through the cost report settlement process. I. Effective for dates of service on or after January 1, 2019, the reimbursement fees paid to children’s specialty hospitals for outpatient hospital services, other than rehabilitation services and outpatient hospital facility fees, shall be increased by 5.26 percent of the rates in effect as of December 31, 2018. 1. Final reimbursement shall be 97 percent of allowable cost as calculated through the cost report settlement process. J. Effective for dates of service on or after January 1, 2020, the reimbursement fees paid to children’s specialty hospitals for outpatient hospital services, other than rehabilitation services and outpatient hospital facility fees, shall be increased by 3.2 percent of the rates in effect as of December 31, 2019. 1. Final reimbursement shall be 100 percent of allowable cost as calculated through the cost report settlement process.