Indiana Administrative Code
Title 405 - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF FAMILY AND SOCIAL SERVICES
Article 1 - MEDICAID PROVIDERS AND SERVICES
Rule 17 - Rate-Setting Criteria for State-Owned Intermediate Care Facilities for the Mentally Retarded
Section 17-7 - Request for rate review; budget component; occupancy level assumptions; effect of inflation assumptions
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 12-15-1-10; IC 12-15-1-15; IC 12-15-21-2
Affected: IC 12-13-7-3; IC 12-15
Sec. 7.
Under this rate setting system, emphasis is placed on proper planning, budgeting, and cost control by the provider. To establish consistency in the submission and review of forecasted costs, the following apply:
(1) Each interim rate review request shall include a budget financial report. If a budget financial report is not submitted, the interim rate review will not result in an increase in Medicaid rates but may result in a rate decrease based on historical or annual financial reports submitted.
(2) All budget financial reports shall be submitted using forms prescribed by the office. All forecasted data and required attachments shall be completed to provide full financial disclosure and will include as a minimum the following:
(3) The provider shall adjust patient census data based on the highest of the following:
(4) The provider and the office shall recognize and adjust forecasted data accordingly for the inflationary or deflationary effect on historical data for the period between the midpoint of the historical or annual financial report time period and the midpoint of the budget financial report. Forecasted data may be adjusted based upon reasonably anticipated rates of inflation.