§ 19-219. Review of costs and rates
West's Annotated Code of MarylandHealth--GeneralEffective: October 1, 2023
Effective: October 1, 2023
MD Code, Health - General, § 19-219
§ 19-219. Review of costs and rates
<Section effective upon occurrence of contingency specified in Acts 2008, c. 244, § 4, and Acts 2008, c. 245, § 4. See, also, section 19-219 effective until the occurrence of contingency specified in Acts 2008, c. 244, § 4, and Acts 2008, c. 245, § 4. >
(a) The Commission may review the costs, and rates, quality, and efficiency of facility services, and make any investigation that the Commission considers necessary to assure each purchaser of health care facility services that:
(b)(1) To carry out its powers under subsection (a) of this section, the Commission may review and approve or disapprove the reasonableness of any rate or amount of revenue that a facility sets or requests.
(c) Consistent with the all-payer model contract, and notwithstanding any other provision of this subtitle, the Commission may:
(d)(1) In this subsection, “base hospital rate” means the aggregate value to participating commercial health insurance carriers of the substantial, available, and affordable coverage purchaser differential as determined by the Commission for the calendar year 2002.
(i) Determine the amount of funding to allocate to the Maryland Health Insurance Plan by multiplying the percentage determined under paragraph (3) of this subsection by the value of the total net patient revenues received in the immediately preceding State fiscal year by all hospitals for which rates were approved by the Commission; and
(e)(1) The Commission shall adjust hospital rates to ensure that the assessment collected under subsection (d) of this section is revenue neutral to each hospital.
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Added as Health-General § 19-216 by Acts 1982, c. 21, § 2, eff. July 1, 1982. Amended by Acts 1984, c. 470, § 1, eff. July 1, 1984; Acts 1985, c. 10, § 3, eff. July 1, 1985; Acts 1985, c. 112, § 1, eff. June 1, 1985. Renumbered as Health-General § 19-219 and amended by Acts 1999, c. 702, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2002, c. 153, § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, c. 1, § 1, eff. April 8, 2003; Acts 2008, c. 244, § 1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2008, c. 245, § 1, eff. July 1, 2008; Acts 2014, c. 263, § 1, eff. July 1, 2014; Acts 2015, c. 263, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2015; Acts 2020, c. 505, § 1, eff. July 1, 2020; Acts 2023, c. 373, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2023; Acts 2023, c. 374, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2023.
Formerly Art. 43, § 568U.
MD Code, Health - General, § 19-219, MD HEALTH GEN § 19-219
Current through legislation effective through April 9, 2023, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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