Uncompensated Care Cost Limit. The aggregate amount of SNCP payments to the providers identified in Attachment J will not exceed the SNCP amount of $332 million per DY. The annual SNCP payment distributed to each individual provider will not exceed its uncompensated care costs for providing section 1905(a) medical services to Medicaid eligible and uninsured individuals for the period. The State must submit to CMS for approval and incorporation into Attachment I a claiming protocol for each provider type to provide for the computation of a provider's uncompensated care costs. No FFP is available for SNCP payments until the associated claiming protocol is approved by CMS. Such protocols must take into consideration:
Uncompensated Care Cost Limit. The aggregate amount of SNCP payments made to PCH will not exceed the SNCP amount of $137 million per DY. The annual SNCP payment distributed to each individual provider will not exceed its uncompensated care costs for providing section 1905(a) medical services to Medicaid eligible and uninsured individuals for the period. The uncompensated care cost limit is computed and SNCP payments are made on a DY basis. To the extent that a provider's cost reporting period does not coincide with the DY, the cost protocol will provide for an allocation of uncompensated care costs to the DY. Any SNCP payments made in excess of the individual provider's uncompensated care cost limit for a demonstration period will be recouped from the provider, and the federal share of the overpayment will be returned to CMS.
Uncompensated Care Cost Limit. The aggregate amount of SNCP payments made to Safety Net Hospital Systems and their affiliated providers pursuant to sections A through C of Attachment J will not exceed the SNCP amount of $332 million per DY (the “Safety Net Hospital System Limit”). The aggregate amount of SNCP payments made to the City of Phoenix High Uncompensated Care Hospitals and their affiliated providers pursuant to section D of Attachment J will not exceed the amount of $385 million per DY (the “Phoenix Hospital Limit”). The annual SNCP payment distributed to each individual provider will not exceed its uncompensated care costs for providing section 1905(a) medical services to Medicaid eligible and uninsured individuals for the period. The State must submit to CMS for approval and incorporation into Attachment I a claiming protocol for each provider type to provide for the computation of a provider's uncompensated care costs. No FFP is available for SNCP payments until the associated claiming protocol is approved by CMS. Such protocols must take into consideration:
