Special Notice

This notice was published in the June 15, 2012, issue (Vol. 2012, No. 12) of the Utah State Bulletin.


Special Notice: Federally Qualified Health Centers

The Division of Medicaid and Health Financing (DMHF) is submitting a change to the Medicaid State Plan through Attachment 4.19-B, SPA 12-006-UT Federally Qualified Health Centers. The purpose of this change is to clarify alternative payment methods for federally qualified health centers (FQHCs). This amendment, therefore, clarifies that a FQHC must calculate only covered beneficiary charges when it calculates the Ratio of Beneficiary Charges to Total Charges Applied to Allowable Cost as part of its agreement with the federal government.

DMHF does not anticipate any impact to total annual expenditures as a result of this amendment.

The proposed effective date of this change is July 1, 2012, and it is pending Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approval.

A copy of the change may be obtained from Craig Devashrayee (801-538-6641), or by writing the Technical Writing Unit, Utah Department of Health, P.O. Box 143102, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-3102. Comments are welcome at the same address. Copies of the change are also available at local county health department offices.


Additional Information

The Portable Document Format (PDF) version of the Bulletin is the official version. The PDF version of this issue is available at https://rules.utah.gov/publicat/bull-pdf/2012/b20120615.pdf. The HTML edition of the Bulletin is a convenience copy. Any discrepancy between the PDF version and HTML version is resolved in favor of the PDF version.

For questions regarding this notice, please contact Craig Devashrayee, by phone at 801-538-6641, by FAX at 801-538-6099, or by Internet E-mail at cdevashrayee@utah.gov.