Virginia Administrative Code
Title 12 - HEALTH
Agency 30 - DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Chapter 70 - METHODS AND STANDARDS FOR ESTABLISHING PAYMENT RATES - INPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES
Part V - Inpatient Hospital Payment System
Article 2 - Prospective (DRG-Based) Payment Methodology
Section 12VAC30-70-321 - Hospital specific operating rate per day
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. The hospital specific operating rate per day shall be equal to the labor portion of the statewide operating rate per day, as determined in subsection A of 12VAC30-70-341, times the hospital's Medicare wage index plus the nonlabor portion of the statewide operating rate per day.
B. For rural hospitals, the hospital's Medicare wage index used in this section shall be the Medicare wage index of the nearest metropolitan wage area or the effective Medicare wage index, whichever is higher.
C. Effective July 1, 2008, and ending after June 30, 2010, the hospital specific operating rate per day shall be reduced by 2.683%.
Statutory Authority: § 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 1396 et seq.
