[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR447.255]



[Page 320]

 

                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 

                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)

 

PART 447_PAYMENTS FOR SERVICES--Table of Contents

 

  Subpart C_Payment for Inpatient Hospital and Long-Term Care Facility 

                                Services

 

Sec.  447.255  Related information.



    The Medicaid agency must submit, with the assurances described in 

Sec.  447.253(a), the following information:

    (a) The amount of the estimated average proposed payment rate for 

each type of provider (hospital, ICF/MR, or nursing facility), and the 

amount by which that estimated average rate increased or decreased 

relative to the average payment rate in effect for each type or provider 

for the immediately preceding rate period;

    (b) An estimate of the short-term and, to the extent feasible, long-

term effect the change in the estimated average rate will have on--

    (1) The availability of services on a Statewide and geographic area 

basis;

    (2) The type of care furnished;

    (3) The extent of provider participation; and

    (4) The degree to which costs are covered in hospitals that serve a 

disproportionate number of low income patients with special needs.



[48 FR 56058, Dec. 19, 1983, as amended at 54 FR 5359, Feb. 2, 1989; 56 

FR 48867, Sept. 26, 1991; 57 FR 43924, Sept. 23, 1992; 57 FR 46431, Oct. 

8, 1992]