LAC 50:V.955. Long-Term Hospitals

A. For dates of service on or after September 1, 2007, the prospective per diem rate paid to long term hospitals for inpatient services shall be increased by 4.75 percent of the rate on file for August 31, 2007. B. For dates of service on or after February 20, 2009, the prospective per diem rate paid to long term hospitals for inpatient services shall be reduced by 3.5 percent of the rate on file as of February 19, 2009. 1. Payments for inpatient hospital services to high Medicaid hospitals classified as long term hospitals shall be exempted from these reductions. 2. For the purposes of qualifying for the exemption to the reimbursement reduction as a high Medicaid hospital, the following conditions must be met. a. The inpatient Medicaid days utilization rate for high Medicaid hospitals shall be calculated based on the cost report filed for the period ending in state fiscal year 2007 and received by the department prior to April 20, 2008. b. Only Medicaid covered days for inpatient hospital services, which include newborn and distinct part psychiatric unit days, are included in this calculation. c. Inpatient stays covered by Medicare Part A cannot be included in the determination of the Medicaid inpatient utilization days rate. C. Effective for dates of service on or after October 1, 2009, the prospective peer group per diem rate paid to qualifying long term acute care hospitals for inpatient services other than psychiatric treatment shall be increased by 3 percent of the rate on file. D. Effective for dates of service on or after August 4, 2009, the prospective per diem rate paid to long term hospitals for inpatient services shall be reduced by 6.3 percent of the per diem rate on file as of August 3, 2009. E. Effective for dates of service on or after February 3, 2010, the inpatient per diem rate paid to long term hospitals shall be reduced by 5 percent of the per diem rate on file as of February 2, 2010. F. Effective for dates of service on or after August 1, 2010, the inpatient per diem rate paid to long term hospitals shall be reduced by 4.6 percent of the per diem rate on file as of July 31, 2010. G. Effective for dates of service on or after January 1, 2011, the inpatient per diem rate paid to long term hospitals shall be reduced by 2 percent of the per diem rate on file as of December 31, 2010. H. Effective for dates of service on or after August 1, 2012, the inpatient per diem rate paid to long term hospitals shall be reduced by 3.7 percent of the per diem rate on file as of July 31, 2012. I. Effective for dates of service on or after February 1, 2013, the inpatient per diem rate paid to long term hospitals shall be reduced by 1 percent of the per diem rate on file as of January 31, 2013. J. Effective for dates of service on or after January 1, 2017, the inpatient per diem rate paid to long term hospitals shall be increased by 7.03 percent of the per diem rate on file as of December 31, 2016. K. Effective for dates of service on or after January 1, 2018, the inpatient per diem rate paid to long term hospitals shall be increased by indexing to 42 percent of the small rural hospital prospective per diem rate in effect on January 1, 2017. Long term hospitals whose per diem rates as of January 1, 2017, excluding the graduate medical education portion of the per diem, are greater than 42 percent of the January 1, 2017 small rural hospital rate shall not be increased. L. Effective for dates of service on or after January 1, 2020, the inpatient per diem rate paid to long term acute hospitals shall be increased by indexing to 45 percent of the small rural hospital prospective per diem rate in effect on January 1, 2019. Long term hospitals whose per diem rates as of January 1, 2019, excluding the graduate medical education portion of the per diem, are greater than 45 percent of the January 1, 2019 small rural hospital rate shall not be increased. M. Effective for dates of service on or after January 1, 2021, the inpatient per diem rate paid to long term acute hospitals shall be increased by 3.2 percent of the per diem rate on file as of December 31, 2020.