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Elaine L. Baker,
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services
Medicaid Program; Notice of SingleSource Grant Award to the States of
Louisiana and Mississippi for the
Grant Entitled ‘‘Deficit Reduction ActHurricane Katrina Healthcare Related
Provider Stabilization’’
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS).
ACTION: Notice of Single-Source NonCompetitive Supplemental Awards.
AGENCY:
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Funding Amount: $19,100,000.
Period of Performance: June 9, 2008–
September 30, 2009.
CFDA: 93.776.
Authority: Section 6201(a)(4) of the
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA)
Purpose: The Secretary has authorized
an additional $19.1 million in
supplemental grant funds to be made
available to the States of Louisiana and
Mississippi. Based on the share of total
Medicare inpatient payments made to
each State’s eligible general acute care
hospitals and inpatient psychiatric
facilities (IPFs) located in the Federal
Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA) designated counties/parishes in
calendar year 2006 (the latest and most
complete year of Medicare billing data
available to us), funding is being
allocated in the following proportions:
53 percent to Louisiana ($10,143,671)
and 47 percent to Mississippi
($8,956,329).
Since its inception, the Provider
Stabilization Grant (PSG) program has
been used to fund State payments to
general acute care hospitals, skilled
nursing facilities, IPFs, and community
mental health centers in impacted
communities that may face financial
pressures because of changing wage
rates that are not yet reflected in
Medicare prospective payment system
(PPS) payment methodologies. For this
third round of PSG funding, CMS
determined that these supplemental
grant funds would be used by the States
to make payments to only those
Medicare participating inpatient PPS
(IPPS) hospitals and IPFs that are
currently paid under a Medicare PPS
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and that are the most significantly,
negatively impacted (financial or
otherwise) related to Hurricane Katrina.
Although the States had significant
discretion in determining the payment
distribution methodology, the
methodology had to clearly reflect the
basis upon which the State would
determine ‘‘negative impact’’ and then
how each provider would receive an
appropriate share of the funds. Grant
funds may not be distributed to IPPS
hospitals and IPFs that are not in
operation or that are outside of the
FEMA Hurricane Katrina designated
counties/parishes for individual and
public assistance. The States’ payment
methodologies were to specify the
relevant time periods and any other
factors that would be considered in
distributing available grant funds
according to the principles specified
above, and were subject to approval by
CMS.
The States were also allowed to
choose to use a portion of the funds (not
to exceed 20% of the grant) to address
immediate, unmet, health care
infrastructure needs that objective data
indicate was caused as a direct result of
Hurricane Katrina and or its subsequent
flooding. This optional provision was
also subject to CMS approval.
Under the authority of section
6201(a)(4) of the Deficit Reduction Act
of 2005, the Secretary, Department of
Health and Human Services, has
invoked his authority to restore health
care in impacted communities affected
by Hurricane Katrina by offering this
unique funding opportunity to enable
States to make payments to assist
general acute care hospitals and IPFs
that are paid under a Medicare PPS,
with the financial pressures that may
result from changing wage rates in those
impacted communities. Louisiana and
Mississippi are the only States with
knowledge and ability to administer a
grant designed to affect impacted
communities in their own respective
States. For the reasons cited above, the
Secretary has directed CMS to offer
supplemental single-source awards to
the States of Louisiana and Mississippi.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Wendy J. Alexander, Ph.D., Health
Insurance Specialist, Finance Systems
and Budget Group, Centers for Medicaid
and State Operations, Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services, Mail
Stop S3–13–15, 7500 Security
Boulevard, Baltimore, MD 21244, (410)
786–5245.
Authority: Section 6201(a)(4) of the Deficit
Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA).
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Dated: June 10, 2008.
Kerry Weems,
Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Medicaid Program; Notice of Single-Source Grant Award to the
States of Louisiana and Mississippi for the Grant Entitled ``Deficit
Reduction Act-Hurricane Katrina Healthcare Related Provider
Stabilization''
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
ACTION: Notice of Single-Source Non-Competitive Supplemental Awards.
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Funding Amount: $19,100,000.
Period of Performance: June 9, 2008-September 30, 2009.
CFDA: 93.776.
Authority: Section 6201(a)(4) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005
(DRA)
Purpose: The Secretary has authorized an additional $19.1 million
in supplemental grant funds to be made available to the States of
Louisiana and Mississippi. Based on the share of total Medicare
inpatient payments made to each State's eligible general acute care
hospitals and inpatient psychiatric facilities (IPFs) located in the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) designated counties/parishes
in calendar year 2006 (the latest and most complete year of Medicare
billing data available to us), funding is being allocated in the
following proportions: 53 percent to Louisiana ($10,143,671) and 47
percent to Mississippi ($8,956,329).
Since its inception, the Provider Stabilization Grant (PSG) program
has been used to fund State payments to general acute care hospitals,
skilled nursing facilities, IPFs, and community mental health centers
in impacted communities that may face financial pressures because of
changing wage rates that are not yet reflected in Medicare prospective
payment system (PPS) payment methodologies. For this third round of PSG
funding, CMS determined that these supplemental grant funds would be
used by the States to make payments to only those Medicare
participating inpatient PPS (IPPS) hospitals and IPFs that are
currently paid under a Medicare PPS and that are the most
significantly, negatively impacted (financial or otherwise) related to
Hurricane Katrina.
Although the States had significant discretion in determining the
payment distribution methodology, the methodology had to clearly
reflect the basis upon which the State would determine ``negative
impact'' and then how each provider would receive an appropriate share
of the funds. Grant funds may not be distributed to IPPS hospitals and
IPFs that are not in operation or that are outside of the FEMA
Hurricane Katrina designated counties/parishes for individual and
public assistance. The States' payment methodologies were to specify
the relevant time periods and any other factors that would be
considered in distributing available grant funds according to the
principles specified above, and were subject to approval by CMS.
The States were also allowed to choose to use a portion of the
funds (not to exceed 20% of the grant) to address immediate, unmet,
health care infrastructure needs that objective data indicate was
caused as a direct result of Hurricane Katrina and or its subsequent
flooding. This optional provision was also subject to CMS approval.
Under the authority of section 6201(a)(4) of the Deficit Reduction
Act of 2005, the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services,
has invoked his authority to restore health care in impacted
communities affected by Hurricane Katrina by offering this unique
funding opportunity to enable States to make payments to assist general
acute care hospitals and IPFs that are paid under a Medicare PPS, with
the financial pressures that may result from changing wage rates in
those impacted communities. Louisiana and Mississippi are the only
States with knowledge and ability to administer a grant designed to
affect impacted communities in their own respective States. For the
reasons cited above, the Secretary has directed CMS to offer
supplemental single-source awards to the States of Louisiana and
Mississippi.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Wendy J. Alexander, Ph.D., Health
Insurance Specialist, Finance Systems and Budget Group, Centers for
Medicaid and State Operations, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, Mail Stop S3-13-15, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore, MD
21244, (410) 786-5245.
Authority: Section 6201(a)(4) of the Deficit Reduction Act of
2005 (DRA).
Dated: June 10, 2008.
Kerry Weems,
Acting Administrator, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
[FR Doc. E8-13525 Filed 6-13-08; 8:45 am]
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