Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 048 - Health, Department of
Sub-Agency 0037 - Medicaid
Chapter 37 - FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS AND RURAL HEALTH CLINICS
Section 37-3 - Definitions
Current through September 21, 2024
Except as otherwise specified in Wyoming Medicaid Rules Chapter 1, or as defined herein, the terminology used in this Chapter is the standard terminology and has the standard meaning used in healthcare, Medicaid, and Medicare.
(a) "Base period" means FQHC or RHC fiscal years 1999 and 2000; if a FQHC or RHC provided services for only one (1) fiscal year, that year shall be used as the "base period."
(b) "Medicare Economic Index (MEI)" means the measure of practice cost inflation used to estimate annual changes in physicians' operating costs and earnings levels.
(c) "Visit" means a face-to-face encounter between a FQHC or RHC client and a FQHC or RHC professional staff member for the purpose of providing FQHC or RHC services. Telehealth visits are considered face-to-face visits.
