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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 12. Health |
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Agency 30. Department of Medical Assistance Services |
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Chapter 70. Methods and Standards for Establishing Payment Rates - Inpatient Hospitalservices |
Section 311. Hospital specific operating rate per case
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A. The hospital specific operating rate per case shall be equal to the labor portion of the statewide operating rate per case, as determined in 12VAC30-70-331, times the hospital's Medicare wage index plus the nonlabor portion of the statewide operating rate per case.
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 case shall be reduced by 2.683%.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 16, Issue 18, eff. July 1, 2000; amended, Virginia Register Volume 23, Issue 19, eff. July 1, 2007; Volume 24, Issue 26, eff. October 15, 2008.