Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 17 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Department of Human Services
Chapter 1739 - AUTHORIZATION, PAYMENT, AND CLAIMS IN THE FEE-FOR-SERVICE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Subchapter 3 - PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT FOR ACUTE CARE SERVICES
Section 17-1739-58 - Classification of acute inpatient facilities
Universal Citation: HI Admin Rules 17-1739-58
Current through February, 2024
(a) For purposes of establishing prospective payment rates, acute inpatient facilities shall be classified into the following four mutually exclusive groups:
(1) Classification I - facilities averaging
less than two hundred fifty medicaid discharges per year;
(2) Classification II - facilities averaging
two hundred fifty medicaid discharges per year or more, which do not
participate in approved intern and resident teaching programs;
(3) Classification III - facilities averaging
two hundred fifty medicaid discharges per year or more, which participate in
approved intern and resident teaching programs; and
(4) Classification IV - The freestanding
rehabilitation hospital.
(b) If a facility changes classification in accordance with the definitions in subsection (a), rates established under this subchapter shall continue to apply until the department recalculates the rates using new base year data. Facility classification changes shall only be recognized at the time of such rebasing. A facility that adds an approved intern and resident teaching program, however, may seek rate reconsideration under section 17-1739-78(a) (3).
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