Common use of Uncompensated Care Cost Limit Clause in Contracts

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: