Common use of Payments to IHS and 638 Facilities Clause in Contracts

Payments to IHS and 638 Facilities. The State is authorized under the expenditure authorities of this Demonstration to make payments to IHS and tribal 638 facilities that take in to account their uncompensated costs in furnishing specified types of care furnished by IHS and tribal 638 facilities to Medicaid-eligible individuals and other individuals with family income at or below 100 percent of the FPL. Facilities will have the option to elect one of two approved methodologies, as further outlined in Attachment K, to calculate and receive payment for their uncompensated care costs. The facilities will notify AHCCCS of their selection by April 30, 2012, and will have the option to switch their methodology election only once. If a facility elects to switch the methodology by which their uncompensated care payment is calculated, the facility must notify the State by December 15, 2012. The new methodology will be utilized to calculate the facility’s uncompensated care payment effective January 1, 2013.