Pennsylvania Code
Title 34 - LABOR AND INDUSTRY
Part VIII - Bureau of Workers' Compensation
Chapter 127 - WORKERS' COMPENSATION MEDICAL COST CONTAINMENT
Subchapter B - MEDICAL FEES AND FEE REVIEW
CALCULATIONS
Section 127.112 - Inpatient acute care providers-capital-related costs

Universal Citation: 34 PA Code ยง 127.112

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 38, September 21, 2024

(a) An additional payment shall be made to providers of inpatient hospital services for the capital-related costs reimbursed under the Medicare Part A Program.

(b) Hospitals, which have a hospital-specific capital rate lower than the Federal capital rate (fully-prospective), shall be paid for capital-related costs as follows: the hospital's capital rate, as determined by the Medicare intermediary, shall be multiplied by the DRG relative weight on the date of discharge.

(c) Hospitals, which have a hospital-specific capital rate equal to or higher than the Federal capital rate (hold-harmless), shall be paid for capital-related costs as follows:

(1) Hospitals paid at 100% of the Federal capital rate shall receive the Federal capital rate, as determined by the Medicare intermediary, multiplied by the DRG relative weight on the date of discharge.

(2) Hospitals paid at a rate greater than 100% of the Federal capital rate shall be paid on the basis of the most recent notice of interim payment rates as determined by the Medicare intermediary. Hospitals shall receive the new Federal capital rate multiplied by the DRG relative weight on the date of the discharge plus the old Federal capital rate as determined by the Medicare intermediary.

(d) Capital-exceptional hospitals, or new hospitals within the first 2 years of participation in the Medicare Program, shall be paid for capital-related costs as follows: the most recent interim payment rate for capital-related costs, as determined by the Medicare intermediary, shall be added to the DRG payment on the date of discharge.

This section cited in 34 Pa. Code § 127.101 (relating to medical fee caps-Medicare); 34 Pa. Code § 127.154 (relating to medical fee updates on and after January 1, 1995-inpatient acute care providers subject to DRGs plus add-on payments).

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