Blended base amount means the case-mix-adjusted, hospital-specific operating cost per discharge associated with treating Medicaid patients, plus the statewide average case-mix-adjusted operating cost per Medicaid discharge, divided by two. This base amount is the value to which payments for inflation and capital costs are added to form a final payment rate. The costs of hospitals receiving reimbursement as critical access hospitals during any of the period included in the base-year cost report shall not be used in determining the statewide average case-mix-adjusted operating cost per Medicaid discharge.
Blended base amount means the case-mix adjusted, hospital-specific operating cost per visit associated with treating Medicaid outpatients, plus the statewide average case-mix adjusted operating cost per Medicaid visit, divided by two. This basic amount is the value to which add-on payments and inflation are added to form a final payment rate.
Blended base amount means the case-mix-adjusted, hospital-specific operating cost per visit associated with treating Medicaid outpatients, plus the statewide average case-mix-adjusted operating cost per Medicaid visit, divided by two. This basic amount is the value to which inflation is added to form a final payment rate. The costs of hospitals receiving reimbursement as critical access hospitals during any of the period of time included in the base-year cost report shall not be used in determining the statewide average case-mix-adjusted operating cost per Medicaid visit.
More Definitions of Blended base amount
Blended base amount means the case-mix adjusted, hospital-specific operating cost per dis- charge associated with treating Medicaid patients, plus the statewide average case-mix adjusted oper- ating cost per Medicaid discharge, divided by two. This base amount is the value to which add-on pay- ments for inflation, capital costs, direct medical education costs, and costs associated with treating a disproportionate share of poor patients and indirect medical education are added to form a final pay- ment rate.
Blended base amount means the case-mix-adjusted, hospital-specific operating cost per discharge associated with treating Medicaid patients, plus the statewide average case-mix-adjusted
Blended base amount means the case-mix adjusted, hospital-specific operating cost per dis- charge associated with treating Medicaid patients, plus the statewide average case-mix adjusted oper- ating cost per Medicaid discharge, divided by two. This base amount is the value to which add-on pay- ments for inflation and capital costs are added to form a final payment rate. The costs of hospitals receiving reimbursement as critical access hospitals shall not be used in determining the statewide av- erage case-mix adjusted operating cost per Medicaid discharge.
Blended base amount means the case-mix adjusted, hospital-specific operating cost per discharge associated with treating Medicaid patients, plus the statewide average case-mix adjusted operating cost per Medicaid discharge, divided by two. This base amount is the value to which add-on payments for inflation, capital costs, direct medical education costs, and costs associated with treating a disproportionate share of poor patients and indirect medical education are added to form a final payment rate.