Texas Administrative Code
Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION
Part 15 - TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION
Chapter 354 - MEDICAID HEALTH SERVICES
Subchapter D - TEXAS HEALTHCARE TRANSFORMATION AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
Division 7 - DSRIP PROGRAM DEMONSTRATION YEARS 7-8
Section 354.1717 - Uncompensated Care (UC) Hospital Requirements

Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024

(a) An Uncompensated Care (UC) hospital must:

(1) attend at least one learning collaborative, stakeholder forum, or other stakeholder meeting each demonstration year (DY); and

(2) report on the hospital Statewide Reporting Measure Bundle measures required for UC hospitals, as specified in the Measure Bundle Protocol, for each DY.
(A) If a UC hospital fails to report on the hospital Category D - Statewide Reporting Measure Bundle measures required for UC hospitals by the last quarter of the applicable DY, the hospital forfeits one quarter of its UC payments for that DY.

(B) A UC hospital may request from HHSC a six-month extension from the end of the DY to report any outstanding hospital Statewide Reporting Measure Bundle measures required for UC hospitals. The UC hospital will receive the fourth-quarter UC payment only if all outstanding required measures are reported within that six-month extension.

(3) A UC hospital is not eligible to receive DSRIP for Category D - Statewide Reporting Measure Bundle reporting.

(b) Exceptions to the requirements in subsection (a) of this section may be approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on a case-by-case basis.

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