Special Notice

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


Special Notice: Rural Hospital Disproportionate Share Payments

The Division of Medicaid and Health Financing is submitting a change to the Medicaid State Plan. Attachment 4.19-A, SPA 12-009-UT DSH Payments, proposes a change to the current reimbursement methodology for Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) payments to General Acute Rural Hospitals.

This change will allow non-government hospitals that have the support of a government entity (e.g., Special Services District, County government) for the non-federal match dollars to participate in the DSH payments outlined in Section 415.

It is anticipated that total annual expenditures will not be affected by this change.

This proposed change, if approved, becomes effective on July 1, 2012. The proposed change is pending Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approval.

A copy of this 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 this 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.