TITLE 405 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF FAMILY AND SOCIAL SERVICES LSA Document #09-202
Notice of Final Rate Changes in Methods and Standards for Medicaid Payment for Institutional Providers
UnderIC 4-22-7-7 , and in accordance with 42 U.S.C.A. 1396a(a)(13)(A), the Office of the Secretary of Family and Social Services announces that inpatient hospital reimbursement under the Medicaid state plan and state regulations at405 IAC 1-10.5 (inpatient hospital) shall prevent inpatient hospital discharges containing specified hospital acquired conditions not present on admission from assignment to a higher paying DRG.This change in reimbursement is necessary to implement a policy to ensure that members receive safe, high quality, and efficient care from Indiana hospitals and that higher inpatient hospital reimbursement is not made for hospital acquired conditions that could reasonably have been prevented through the application of evidenced based guidelines.
Posted: 09/16/2009 by Legislative Services Agency
DIN: 20090916-IR-405090202ONAComposed: Nov 01,2016 12:44:37AM EDTA PDF version of this document.
