Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 37 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 37.86 - MEDICAID PRIMARY CARE SERVICES
Subchapter 37.86.29 - Inpatient Hospital Services
Rule 37.86.2932 - MEDICAID UTILIZATION RATE

(1) A hospital's Medicaid inpatient utilization rate is the hospital's percentage rate computed by dividing the total number of Medicaid inpatient days in the hospital's fiscal year by the total number of the hospital's inpatient days in that same period.

(2) The period used to determine whether a hospital is deemed a routine disproportionate share hospital will be the most recent calendar year for which final cost reports are available for all hospital providers.