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20-77-2811. State plan amendment.
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20-77-2811. State plan amendment.
(a) The Division of Medical Services of the Department of Human Services shall file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services a state plan amendment to implement the requirements of this subchapter, including the payment of emergency medical transportation access payments under § 20-77-2809, no later than forty-five (45) days after June 15, 2017.
(b) If the state plan amendment is not approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the division shall:
(1) Not implement the assessment imposed under § 20-77-2803; and
(2) Return any assessment fees to the medical transportation providers that paid the fees if assessment fees have been collected.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-77-2811
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20-77-2811. State plan amendment.
(a) The Division of Medical Services of the Department of Human Services shall file with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services a state plan amendment to implement the requirements of this subchapter, including the payment of emergency medical transportation access payments under § 20-77-2809, no later than forty-five (45) days after June 15, 2017.
(b) If the state plan amendment is not approved by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the division shall:
(1) Not implement the assessment imposed under § 20-77-2803; and
(2) Return any assessment fees to the medical transportation providers that paid the fees if assessment fees have been collected.
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20-77-2803. Medical transportation provider assessment.
(a)(1) Except as provided in this subchapter, an assessment is imposed on each medical transportation provider for each state fiscal year in an amount calculated as a percentage of the net operating revenues of the medical transportation provider.
(2) The assessment rate shall be determined annually based upon the percentage of net operating revenue needed to generate an amount up to the nonfederal portion of the upper payment limit gap plus the annual fee to be paid to the Arkansas Medicaid Program under § 20-77-2805(f)(1)(C), but in no case at a rate that would cause the assessment proceeds to exceed the indirect guarantee threshold set forth in 42 C.F.R. § 433.68(f)(3)(i).
(3) The assessment rate described in subsection (a) of this section shall be determined after consultation with The Arkansas Ambulance Association or its successor association.
(b) This subchapter does not authorize a unit of county or local government to license for revenue or impose a tax or assessment:
(1) Upon medical transportation providers; or
(2) Measured by the income or earnings of a medical transportation provider.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-77-2803
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-77-2803. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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20-77-2809. Emergency medical transportation access payments.
(a) To preserve and improve access to medical transportation services, for medical transportation services rendered on or after July 1, 2017, the Division of Medical Services of the Department of Human Services shall make emergency medical transportation access payments as set forth in this section.
(b) The division shall calculate the emergency medical transportation access payment amount as the balance of the Medical Transportation Assessment Account plus any federal matching funds earned on the balance, up to but not to exceed the upper payment limit gap for all medical transportation providers.
(c)(1) Except as provided in § 20-77-2806, all medical transportation providers shall be eligible for emergency medical transportation access payments each state fiscal year as set forth in this subsection.
(2)(A) In addition to any other funds paid to medical transportation providers for emergency medical services to Medicaid patients, each eligible medical transportation provider shall receive emergency medical transportation access payments each state fiscal year equal to the medical transportation provider's proportionate share of the total upper payment limit gap for all providers of emergency medical services.
(B) Emergency medical transportation access payments shall be made on a quarterly basis.
(C) In addition to other rules as the division determines are necessary to implement emergency medical transportation access payments, the division may create separate levels of assessments and emergency medical transportation access payments for ambulance services and air ambulance services.
(d) An emergency medical transportation access payment shall not be used to offset any other payment by Medicai
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-77-2809
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-77-2809. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.