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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
Notice of Single-Source Grant Award
to Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi
for a Project Entitled, ‘‘Deficit
Reduction Act Hurricane Katrina
Healthcare Related Provider
Stabilization’’
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: New Grant Awards.
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AGENCY:
Funding Amount: $160,000,000.
Period of Performance: February 12,
2007–September 30, 2009.
SUMMARY: The Secretary has authorized
a total of $160 million in grant funds
available to all three States. Based on
each eligible IPPS hospital’s and SNF’s
share of total Medicare inpatient
payments in the FEMA designated
counties in calendar year 2005 (the
latest and most complete year of
Medicare billing data available to us),
this funding is being allocated for each
State in the following proportions: 45
percent to Louisiana ($71,633,492), 38
percent to Mississippi ($60,556,425) and
17 percent to Alabama ($27,810,083).
This grant program is to fund State
payments to general, acute care
hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities
in impacted communities that may face
financial pressures because of changing
wage rates that are not yet reflected in
Medicare PPS payment methodologies.
The grant funds must be used by the
States to make payments to all Medicare
participating general hospitals, acute
care hospitals, and SNFs that are
currently paid under a Medicare PPS in
the impacted communities. States have
some flexibility in determining the
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methodology to determine the timing
and amount of provider payments, but
the methodology must reflect each
provider’s share of total Medicare
payments during a specified period of
time. Grant funds may not be
distributed to hospitals and SNFs that
are not in operation. States’ payment
methodologies should specify the
relevant time periods and any other
factors that will be considered in
distributing available grant funds
according to the principles specified
above, and are subject to approval by
CMS.
Justification for Exception to
Competition
The Secretary has invoked his
authority to restore health care in
impacted communities affected by
Hurricane Katrina by offering this
unique funding opportunity which will
enable States to make payments to assist
hospitals and SNFs that are paid under
a Medicare PPS, with the financial
pressures that may result from changing
wage rates in those impacted
communities. For the reasons cited
above, the Secretary has directed the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services to offer a single-source award
to the States of Louisiana, Alabama and
Mississippi.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wendy J. Taparanskas, PhD., Health
Insurance Specialist, Office of the
Center Director, Centers for Medicaid
and State Operations, Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services, Mail
Stop S2–26–12, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, (410)
786–5245.
Authority: Section 6201(a)(4) of the Deficit
Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA) .
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Program No. 93.779)
Dated: February 13, 2007.
Leslie V. Norwalk,
Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Notice of Single-Source Grant Award to Louisiana, Alabama, and
Mississippi for a Project Entitled, ``Deficit Reduction Act Hurricane
Katrina Healthcare Related Provider Stabilization''
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS.
ACTION: New Grant Awards.
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Funding Amount: $160,000,000.
Period of Performance: February 12, 2007-September 30, 2009.
SUMMARY: The Secretary has authorized a total of $160 million in grant
funds available to all three States. Based on each eligible IPPS
hospital's and SNF's share of total Medicare inpatient payments in the
FEMA designated counties in calendar year 2005 (the latest and most
complete year of Medicare billing data available to us), this funding
is being allocated for each State in the following proportions: 45
percent to Louisiana ($71,633,492), 38 percent to Mississippi
($60,556,425) and 17 percent to Alabama ($27,810,083).
This grant program is to fund State payments to general, acute care
hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities in impacted communities that
may face financial pressures because of changing wage rates that are
not yet reflected in Medicare PPS payment methodologies.
The grant funds must be used by the States to make payments to all
Medicare participating general hospitals, acute care hospitals, and
SNFs that are currently paid under a Medicare PPS in the impacted
communities. States have some flexibility in determining the
methodology to determine the timing and amount of provider payments,
but the methodology must reflect each provider's share of total
Medicare payments during a specified period of time. Grant funds may
not be distributed to hospitals and SNFs that are not in operation.
States' payment methodologies should specify the relevant time periods
and any other factors that will be considered in distributing available
grant funds according to the principles specified above, and are
subject to approval by CMS.
Justification for Exception to Competition
The Secretary has invoked his authority to restore health care in
impacted communities affected by Hurricane Katrina by offering this
unique funding opportunity which will enable States to make payments to
assist hospitals and SNFs that are paid under a Medicare PPS, with the
financial pressures that may result from changing wage rates in those
impacted communities. For the reasons cited above, the Secretary has
directed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to offer a
single-source award to the States of Louisiana, Alabama and
Mississippi.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy J. Taparanskas, PhD., Health
Insurance Specialist, Office of the Center Director, Centers for
Medicaid and State Operations, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, Mail Stop S2-26-12, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD
21244, (410) 786-5245.
Authority: Section 6201(a)(4) of the Deficit Reduction Act of
2005 (DRA) .
(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Program No. 93.779)
Dated: February 13, 2007.
Leslie V. Norwalk,
Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
[FR Doc. E7-3655 Filed 3-1-07; 8:45 am]
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