Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 8 - Medicaid Coverage and Payment
Chapter 150 - Prospective Payment System; Other Payment
7 AAC 150.030 - Establishment of prospective rates

(a) The department will establish prospective per-day payment rates in accordance with 7 AAC 150.210 for facilities not less than annually for each facility subject to the per-day reimbursement methodology.

(b) The department will establish prospective per-stay Diagnosis Related Groups (DRG) payment rates in accordance with 7 AAC 150.250 for facilities not less than triennially for each facility subject to the DRG reimbursement methodology.

(c) The department may establish temporary prospective per-day or per-stay payment rates. The final rate approved by the department supersedes the temporary rate, and the department will adjust payments in accordance with the final rate.