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Virginia Administrative Code
Title 12. Health
Agency 30. Department of Medical Assistance Services
Chapter 70. Methods and Standards for Establishing Payment Rates; In-Patient Hospital Care
11/21/2024

12VAC30-70-331. Statewide operating rate per case.

A. The statewide operating rate per case shall be equal to the base year standardized operating costs per case, as determined in 12VAC30-70-361, times the inflation values specified in 12VAC30-70-351 times the adjustment factor specified in subsection B of this section.

B. The adjustment factor shall be determined separately for Type One and Type Two hospitals:

1. For Type One hospitals the adjustment factor shall be a calculated percentage that causes the Type One hospital statewide operating rate per case to equal the Type Two hospital statewide operating rate per case;

2. For Type Two hospitals the adjustment factor shall be:

a. 0.7800 effective July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2010.

b. 0.7500 effective July 1, 2010, through September 30, 2010.

c. 0.7800 effective October 1, 2010.

C. The operating rate for critical access hospitals shall be based on an adjustment factor of 1.0, effective July 1, 2019.

Statutory Authority

§ 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 1396 et seq.

Historical Notes

Derived from Virginia Register Volume 16, Issue 18, eff. July 1, 2000; amended, Virginia Register Volume 20, Issue 22, eff. August 11, 2004; Volume 21, Issue 6, eff. July 1, 2005; Volume 21, Issue 20, eff. July 14, 2005; Volume 23, Issue 20, eff. August 25, 2007; Volume 27, Issue 19, eff. July 1, 2011; Volume 36, Issue 8, eff. January 8, 2020.

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