Current through November 28, 2024
(a) An application under
AS
47.32.040 from a facility for a license must
be accompanied by the following fees to cover the provisional licensure period:
(1) for a hospital: $2,000, plus $85 per
bed;
(2) for a nursing facility
within the meaning given in
AS
47.32.900: $1,000, plus $125 per
bed;
(3) for an ambulatory surgical
center, including an ambulatory surgical facility: $650;
(4) for a free-standing birth center:
$250;
(5) for a home health agency
within the meaning given in
AS
47.32.900, fees as follows:
(A) a fee based on total employee full-time
equivalents (FTEs) to include any fiill-time equivalents at any subunit or
branch, as follows:
(i) five or fewer
fiill-time equivalents: $1,000;
(ii) six to 15 full-time equivalents: $1,500;
(iii) 16 to 50 full-time equivalents:
$2,000;
(iv) 51 or more fiill-time
equivalents: $3,000;
(B)
in addition to the applicable fee under (A) of this paragraph, $500 for each
separate subunit or branch that the home health agency includes in the home
health agency's license;
(6) for a hospice agency, fees as follows:
(A) for a parent hospice agency and each
agency that operates as a subunit under a parent hospital agency, fees as
follows:
(i) a volunteer hospice that
primarily provides hospice services where a client lives or stays:
$100;
(ii) a non-volunteer hospice
that primarily provides hospice services where a client lives or stays:
$250;
(iii) an inpatient hospice
facility: $250, plus $75 per bed;
(B) in addition to the applicable fee under
(A) of this paragraph, $100 for each separate subunit that the parent hospice
agency includes in the parent hospice agency's license;
(7) for a frontier extended stay clinic:
$250, plus $100 for each bed used for extended stay patients.
(b) The department may extend,
without charging a fee, a provisional license for one additional period not to
exceed one year under
AS
47.32.050(a).
(c) Before the department issues a facility a
biennial license under
AS
47.32.050(b), or before the
department renews a biennial license under
AS
47.32.060(a), the facility
must pay the following fees:
(1) for a
hospital: $4,000, plus $170 per bed;
(2) for a nursing facility within the meaning
given in AS 47.32.900: $2,000, plus $250
per bed;
(3) for an ambulatory
surgical center, including an ambulatory surgical facility: $1,300;
(4) for a free-standing birth center:
$500;
(5) for a home health agency
within the meaning given in
AS
47.32.900, fees as follows:
(A) a fee based on total employee full-time
equivalents (FTEs) to include any full-time equivalents at any subunit or
branch, as follows:
(i) five or fewer
full-time equivalents: $2,000;
(ii) six to 15 full-time equivalents: $3,000;
(iii) 16 to 50 full-time equivalents:
$4,000;
(iv) 51 or more full-time
equivalents: $6,000;
(B)
in addition to the applicable fee under (A) of this paragraph, $1,000 for each
separate subunit or branch that the home health agency includes in the home
health agency's license;
(6) for a hospice agency, fees as follows:
(A) for a parent hospice agency and each
agency that operates as a subunit under a parent hospital agency, fees as
follows:
(i) for a volunteer hospice that
primarily provides hospice services where a client lives or stays:
$200;
(ii) for a non-volunteer
hospice that primarily provides hospice services where a client lives or stays:
$500;
(iii) for an inpatient
hospice facility: $500, plus $150 per bed;
(B) in addition to the applicable fee under
(A) of this paragraph, $200 for each separate subunit that the parent hospice
agency includes in the parent hospice agency's license;
(7) for a frontier extended stay clinic:
$500, plus $200 for each bed used for extended stay patients.
(d) If an inspection reveals
noncompliance with AS 47.32 or this chapter, a facility shall pay, not later
than 30 days after the revisit, a revisit fee as follows for each additional
onsite visit by the department that results from failure of the facility to
achieve and maintain compliance within a reasonable time set by the department:
(1) for a hospital: $500;
(2) for a nursing facility within the meaning
given in AS 47.32.900: $500;
(3) for an ambulatory surgical center,
including an ambulatory surgical facility: $250;
(4) for a free-standing birth center:
$150;
(5) for a home health agency
within the meaning given in
AS
47.32.900: $150;
(6) for a hospice agency: $ 100;
(7) for a frontier extended stay clinic:
$250.
(e) If a facility
changes location, the department will make an onsite visit and inspection of
the new location. The facility shall pay the applicable fee in (d) of this
section that the department would charge for a revisit.
(f) A fee due under this section is
nonrefundable.
(g) Violation of
this section may result in an enforcement action under
AS
47.32.140.
(h) If a facility applies for a license modification to expand
capacity to serve additional patients, residents, or clients, and the
application is not part of an application submitted timely under
AS
47.32.060 and
7
AAC 12.610(d) for renewal of a
biennial license, the facility shall pay the applicable bed fee required under
(a) of this section for each additional bed, regardless of the amount of time
left in the current biennial licensing period.
(i) If a home health agency within the
meaning given in
AS
47.32.900 applies for a license modification
to add a subunit or branch, and the application is not part of an application
submitted timely under
AS
47.32.060 and
7
AAC 12.610(d) for renewal of a
biennial license, the home health agency shall pay the appropriate fees in (a)
of this section for each new subunit or branch and any fees associated with
additional full-time equivalents, regardless of the amount of time left in the
current biennial licensing period.
(j) If a facility applies for a license
modification for a reason not otherwise set out in this section, and the
application is not part of an application submitted timely under AS 47.32,060
and 7 AAC 12.610(d)
for renewal of a biennial license, the facility shall pay a modification fee of
$250, regardless of the amount of time left in the current biennial licensing
period.
(k) A facility that the
state owns and operates is exempt from paying a fee set out in this
section.
Authority:AS
18.05.040
AS 18.20.080
AS 47.32.010
AS 47.32.020
AS 47.32.030
AS 47.32.040
AS 47.32.050
AS 47.32.060
AS 47.32.130
AS
47.32.140
