4123-6-37.2 Payment of hospital outpatient services.

 

 

 

4123-6-37.2                 Payment of hospital outpatient services.

 

 

 

(A)  HPP:

 

Unless an MCO has negotiated a different payment rate with a hospital pursuant to rule 4123-6-10 of the Administrative Code, reimbursement for hospital outpatient services with a date of service of April 1, 2012 2013 or after shall be as follows:

 

(1)   Except as otherwise provided in this rule, reimbursement for hospital outpatient services shall be equal to the applicable medicare reimbursement rate for the hospital outpatient service under the medicare outpatient prospective payment system as implemented by the materials specified in paragraph (A)(6) of this rule, multiplied by a bureau-specific payment adjustment factor, which shall be 2.53 for children's hospitals and 1.81 1.62 for all hospitals other than children's hospitals, with the following additional adjustments for specific services:

 

(a) For services reimbursed under a medicare ambulatory payment classification, excluding drugs, biological, devices reimbursed via pass-through, and reasonable cost items, the applicable medicare rate specified in this paragraph shall be further multiplied by a 2012 bureau adjustment factor of 1.0217;

 

(b)(a) For services reimbursed under the medicare clinical lab fee schedule, the applicable medicare rate specified in this paragraph shall be further multiplied by a 2012 2013 bureau adjustment factor of 1.0175;

 

(c)(b) For services reimbursed under the medicare physician fee schedule, the applicable medicare rate specified in this paragraph shall be further multiplied by a 2012 2013 bureau adjustment factor of 1.274 1.27.

 

The medicare integrated outpatient code editor and medicare medically unlikely edits in effect as implemented by the materials specified in paragraph (A)(6) of this rule shall be utilized to process bills for hospital outpatient services under this rule; however, the  outpatient code edits identified in table 1 of appendix A to this rule shall not be applied.

 

The annual medicare outpatient prospective payment system outlier, hold harmless, and exempt cancer hospital reconciliation processes shall not be applied to payments for hospital outpatient services under this rule.

 

The bureu shall apply a multiple procedure payment reduction of twenty-five per cent of the practice expense component of the relative value unit of secondary medicare designated "always therapy" codes

 

 

when more than one always therapy service is provided on the same date of service.

For purposes of this rule, hospitals shall be identified as critical access hospitals, rural sole community hospitals, essential access community hospitals and exempt cancer hospitals based on the hospitals' designation in the medicare outpatient provider specific file in effect as implemented by the materials specified in paragraph (A)(6) of this rule.

For purposes of this rule, the following hospitals shall be recognized as "children's hospitals": nationwide children's hospital (Columbus), Cincinnati children's hospital medical center, shriners hospital for children (Cincinnati), university hospitals rainbow babies and children's hospital (Cleveland), Toledo children's hospital, children's hospital medical center of Akron, and children's medical center of Dayton.

In the event the centers for medicare and medicaid services makes subsequent adjustments to the medicare reimbursement rates under the medicare outpatient prospective payment system as implemented by the materials specified in paragraph (A)(6) of this rule, other than technical corrections, the "applicable medicare reimbursement rate for the hospital outpatient service under the medicare outpatient prospective payment system" as specified in this paragraph shall be determined by the bureau without regard to such subsequent adjustments.

(2)    Services reimbursed via fee schedule. These services shall not be wage index adjusted.

(a)      Services  reimbursed  via  fee  schedule  to  which  the  bureau-specific payment adjustment factor shall be applied.

Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (A)(2)(b)(ii) and (A)(2)(b)(iii) of this rule, hospital outpatient services reimbursed via fee schedule under the medicare outpatient prospective payment system shall be reimbursed under the applicable medicare fee schedule in effect as implemented by the materials specified in paragraph (A)(6) of this rule.

(b)      Services  reimbursed  via  fee  schedule  to  which  the  bureau-specific payment adjustment factor shall not be applied.

(i)    Hospital outpatient vocational rehabilitation services for which the bureau has established a fee, which shall be reimbursed in accordance with table 2 of appendix A to this rule.

(ii)    Hospital outpatient services reimbursed via fee schedule under the medicare outpatient prospective payment system that the bureau has determined shall be reimbursed at a rate other than the applicable medicare fee schedule in effect as implemented by the materials specified in paragraph (A)(6) of this rule, which shall be reimbursed in accordance with table 3 of appendix A to this rule.

(iii)     Hospital outpatient services not reimbursed under the medicare outpatient prospective payment system that the bureau has determined are necessary for treatment of injured workers, which shall be reimbursed in accordance with tables 4 and 5 of appendix A to this rule.

(3)    Services reimbursed at reasonable cost. To calculate reasonable cost, the line item charge shall be multiplied by the hospital's outpatient cost to charge ratio from the medicare outpatient provider specific file in effect as implemented by the materials specified in paragraph (A)(6) of this rule. These services shall not be wage index adjusted.

(a)     Services  reimbursed  at  reasonable  cost  to  which  the  bureau-specific payment adjustment factor shall be applied.

Critical access hospitals shall be reimbursed at one hundred one per cent of reasonable cost for all payable line items.

(b)     Services  reimbursed  at  reasonable  cost  to  which  the  bureau-specific payment adjustment factor shall not be applied.

(i)    Services designated as inpatient only under the medicare outpatient prospective payment system.

(ii)      Hospital outpatient services reimbursed at reasonable cost as identified in tables 3 and 4 of appendix A to this rule.

(4)       Add-on payments calculated using the applicable medicare outpatient prospective payment system methodology and formula in effect as implemented by the materials specified in paragraph (A)(6) of this rule. These add-on payments shall be calculated prior to application of the bureau-specific payment adjustment factor.

(a)   Outlier add-on payment. An outlier add-on payment shall be provided on a line item basis for partial hospitalization services and for ambulatory

payment classification reimbursed services for all hospitals other than critical access hospitals.

(b)   Rural hospital add-on payment. A rural hospital add-on payment shall be provided on a line item basis for rural sole community hospitals, including essential access community hospitals; however, drugs, biological, devices reimbursed via pass-through and reasonable cost items shall be excluded. The rural add-on payment shall be calculated prior to the outlier add-on payment calculation.

(c)   Hold harmless add-on payment. A hold harmless add-on payment shall be provided on a line item basis to exempt cancer centers and children's hospitals. The hold harmless add-on payment shall be calculated after the outlier add-on payment calculation.

(5)   Providers without a medicare provider number not participating in the medicare program.

Providers without a Reimbursement for outpatient services provided by hospitals and distinct-part units of hospitals that do not participate in the medicare provider number program shall be reimbursed for  hospital outpatient services at calculated in accordance with the methodologies set forth in this rule, using a default hospital outpatient cost-to-charge ratio of forty-seven per cent of billed charges for all payable line items where applicable.

(6)    For purposes of this rule, the "applicable medicare reimbursement rate for the hospital outpatient service under the medicare outpatient prospective payment system " and the medicare outpatient prospective payment system " shall be determined in accordance with the medicare program established under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, 79 Stat. 286 (1965), 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq. as amended, as implemented by the following materials, which are incorporated by reference:

(a)    42 C.F.R. Part 419 as published in the October 1, 2011 2012 Code of Federal Regulations;

(b)     Department of health and human services, centers for medicare and medicaid services' "42 CFR Parts 410, 411, 416, 419, 489, and 495 medicare and medicaid programs: hospital outpatient prospective payment; ambulatory surgical center payment; hospital value-based purchasing program; physician self-referral; and patient notification requirements in provider agreements; final rule," 76 Fed. Reg. 74122 -

74584  (2011)  "42  CFR  Parts  416,  419,  476,  478,  480,  and  495

Medicare and Medicaid Programs: Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment Systems and Quality Reporting Program; Revision to Quality Improvement Organization       Regulations,"       final        rule,        77        Fed. Reg.                            (2012).

(B)  QHP or self-insuring employer (non-QHP):

A QHP or self-insuring employer may reimburse hospital outpatient services at:

(1)    The applicable rate under the methodology set forth in paragraph (A) of this rule; or

(a) For hospitals the department of health and human services, centers for medicare and medicaid services maintained hospital-specific cost-to-charge ratio information on as of January 1, 2013, based on the hospitals' submitted cost report (CMS-2552-96), the hospital's allowable billed charges multiplied by the hospital's reported cost-to-charge ratio (from the outpatient provider specific file in use by medicare on January 1, 2013) multiplied by a payment adjustment factor of 1.16, not to exceed sixty per cent of the hospital's allowed billed charges.

(b) For hospitals the department of health and human services, centers for medicare and medicaid services did not maintain hospital-specific cost-to-charge ratio information on as of January 1, 2013, the hospital's allowable billed charges multiplied by the applicable FY13 urban or rural statewide average outpatient cost-to-charge ratio set forth in table 11 of the federal rule referenced in paragraph (A)(6)(b) of this rule (the Ohio average cost-to-charge ratio shall be used for hospitals outside the United States) multiplied by a payment adjustment factor of 1.16, not to exceed sixty per cent of the hospital's allowed billed charges; or

(2) For Ohio hospitals that annually report a total outpatient cost-to-charge ratio to Ohio medicaid, reimbursement shall be equal to the hospital's allowable billed charges multiplied by the hospital's reported cost-to-charge ratio as set forth below plus sixteen percentage points, not to exceed sixty per cent of the hospital's allowed billed charges.

(a) For hospitals the department of health and human services, centers for medicare and medicaid services maintained hospital-specific cost-to-charge ratio information on as of January 1, 2012, based on the hospitals' submitted cost report (CMS-2552-96), the hospital's allowable   billed   charges   multiplied   by   the   hospital's   reported

cost-to-charge ratio (from the outpatient provider specific file in use by medicare on January 1, 2012).

(b) For hospitals the department of health and human services, centers for medicare and medicaid services did not maintain hospital-specific cost-to-charge ratio information on as of January 1, 2012, the hospital's allowable billed charges multiplied by the applicable FY12 urban or rural statewide average outpatient cost-to-charge ratio set forth in table 11 of the federal rule referenced in paragraph (A)(6)(b) of this rule (the Ohio average cost-to-charge ratio shall be used for hospitals outside the United States) plus sixteen percentage points, not to exceed sixty per cent of the hospital's allowed billed charges; or

(c)(2)  The  rate  negotiated  between  the  hospital  and  the  QHP  or  self-insuring employer in accordance with rule 4123-6-46 of the Administrative Code.

Effective:                                                     04/01/2013

R.C. 119.032 review dates:                         01/01/2015

CERTIFIED ELECTRONICALLY

Certification

03/15/2013

Date

Promulgated Under:                           119.03

Statutory Authority:                           4121.12, 4121.30, 4121.31, 4123.05

Rule Amplifies:                                  4121.121, 4121.44, 4121.441, 4123.66

Prior Effective Dates:                         9/1/07, 1/1/11, 4/1/11, 4/1/12