§ 127.115. Inpatient acute care providers—disproportionate-share hospitals.
(a) An additional payment shall be made to providers of inpatient hospital services designated by the Medicare Program as disproportionate-share hospitals.
(b) Payments to disproportionate-share hospitals shall be calculated as follows: the add-on percentage identified in the provider’s latest Medicare interim rate notification shall be multiplied by the DRG payment on the date of discharge and then multiplied by 113%.
(c) A provider requesting additional payments under the act based on its Medicare designation as a disproportionate-share hospital shall provide evidence of this designation to the insurer.
(d) If a hospital loses its right to receive additional payments as a disproportionate-share hospital under the Medicare Program prior to January 1, 1995, it shall also lose its right to receive additional payments under the act.
(e) Loss of the disproportionate-share designation on and after January 1, 1995, will not result in the loss of this designation for purposes of determining payments under the act.
(f) If a hospital gains the disproportionate-share designation on and after January 1, 1995, it will not be paid according to that designation under the act.
Cross References This section cited in 34 Pa. Code § 127.101 (relating to medical fee caps—Medicare); 34 Pa. Code § 127.154 (relating to medical fee updates on and after January 1, 1995—inpatient acute care providers subject to DRGs plus add-on payments).
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