Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 8 - Medicaid Coverage and Payment
Chapter 145 - Medicaid Payment Rates
Article 1 - Medicaid Payment; Conditions and Methods
7 AAC 145.012 - Cost containment measure for inflation adjustments to Medicaid payment rates
Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 145.012
Current through November 28, 2024
(a) To address that appropriations for fiscal year 2020 are insufficient to cover the costs of medical assistance for all persons eligible under AS 47.07 and 7 AAC 100, the department will implement cost containment measures that prohibit the following adjustments to Medicaid payment rates for Medicaid claims with dates of services after June 30, 2019 and before July 1, 2020:
(1) inflation adjustments required under
7
AAC 145.050(b)(3), except as noted in
7
AAC 145.050(c)-(e);
(2) inflation adjustments required under
7
AAC 145.265(b)(9);
(3) inflation adjustments required under
7
AAC 145.525;
(4) repealed 7/1/2019;
(5) inflation adjustments required under
7
AAC 150.150, except as noted in
7
AAC 150.150(h);
(6) inflation adjustments required under
7
AAC 150.160(j) as that subsection
relates to 7 AAC 150.150; and
(7) inflation adjustments required under
7
AAC 150.190(g) in accordance with
7
AAC 150.190(d)(2)(B), except as noted
in 7 AAC
150.190(g)(1).
(b) In this section, "inflation adjustment" means a revision that
(1) is required under a
provision listed in (a)(1) - (8) of this section to an existing Medicaid
payment rate; and
(2) results in a
new Medicaid payment rate that differs from the existing Medicaid payment rate
by a percentage value or overall average net change value that is either listed
under this chapter or listed in
(A) the most
recent annual Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers
(CPl-U), all items, for Anchorage, Alaska published by the United
States Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, adopted by reference in
7
AAC 160.900;
(B) the Global Insight's Healthcare
Cost Review; or
(C) the
Medicare Economic Index as required by
42 U.S.C.
1396 a(bb)(3)(A), adopted by reference in
7
AAC 160.900.
Authority:AS 47.05.010
AS 47.07.020
AS 47.07.030
AS 47.07.036
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