The purpose of the amendment to Rule 59G-6.045 is to incorporate by reference the Florida Title XIX Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded and Developmentally Disabled Reimbursement Plan for Facilities Not Publicly Owned and Not ...

 

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION

Medicaid

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

59G-6.045Payment Methodology for Services in Facilities Not Publicly Owned and Publicly Operated (Facilities Formerly Known as ICF-MR/DD Facilities)

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of the amendment to Rule 59G-6.045, F.A.C., is to incorporate by reference the Florida Title XIX Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded and Developmentally Disabled Reimbursement Plan for Facilities Not Publicly Owned and Not Publicly Operated (Formerly Known As ICF-MR/DD Facilities), Version X, effective July 1, 2014 (the Plan). The amendment will update the Plan to reflect changes to the payment methodology for services in facilities not publicly owned and publicly operated as authorized in House Bill 5001, 2014-15 General Appropriations Act, Specific Appropriation 240, as follows:

1. $37,218,964 is provided to buy back intermediate care facilities rate reductions, effective on or after October 1, 2008.

2. Reimbursement rates for intermediate care facilities will be set July 1 of each year.

3. Editorial and technical changes to remove obsolete language and reorganize existing language.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Payment Methodology for Services in Facilities Not Publicly Owned and Publicly Operated (Facilities Formerly Known as ICF-MR/DD Facilities).

An additional area to be addressed during the workshop will be the potential regulatory impact the amendment to Rule 59G-6.045, F.A.C., will have as provided for under Sections 120.54 and 120.541, F.S.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 409.919 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 409.908, 409.9083 FS.

IF REQUESTED IN WRITING AND NOT DEEMED UNNECESSARY BY THE AGENCY HEAD, A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, July 29, 2014, 10:00 a.m. ‒ 11:00 a.m.

PLACE: Agency for Health Care Administration, 2727 Mahan Drive, Building 3, Conference Room C, Tallahassee, Florida 32308-5407

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Edwin Stephens at the Bureau of Medicaid Services, [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Edwin Stephens, Medicaid Services, 2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop 20, Tallahassee, Florida 32308-5407, telephone: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]

Comments will be received until 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 5, 2014.

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.