2009 Minnesota Statutes

256B.195 INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFERS; HOSPITAL PAYMENTS.

Subdivision 1.Federal approval required.

Section 145.9268 and this section are contingent on federal approval of the intergovernmental transfers and payments to safety net hospitals and community clinics authorized under this section. These sections are also contingent on current payment, by the government entities, of intergovernmental transfers under section 256B.19 and this section.

Subd. 2.Payments from governmental entities.

(a) In addition to any payment required under section 256B.19, effective July 15, 2001, the following government entities shall make the payments indicated annually:

(1) Hennepin County, $24,000,000; and

(2) Ramsey County, $12,000,000.

(b) These sums shall be part of the designated governmental unit's portion of the nonfederal share of medical assistance costs. Of these payments, Hennepin County shall pay 71 percent directly to Hennepin County Medical Center, and Ramsey County shall pay 71 percent directly to Regions Hospital. The counties must provide certification to the commissioner of payments to hospitals under this subdivision.

Subd. 3.Payments to certain safety net providers.

(a) Effective July 15, 2001, the commissioner shall make the following payments to the hospitals indicated annually:

(1) to Hennepin County Medical Center, any federal matching funds available to match the payments received by the medical center under subdivision 2, to increase payments for medical assistance admissions and to recognize higher medical assistance costs in institutions that provide high levels of charity care; and

(2) to Regions Hospital, any federal matching funds available to match the payments received by the hospital under subdivision 2, to increase payments for medical assistance admissions and to recognize higher medical assistance costs in institutions that provide high levels of charity care.

(b) Effective July 15, 2001, the following percentages of the transfers under subdivision 2 shall be retained by the commissioner for deposit each month into the general fund:

(1) 18 percent, plus any federal matching funds, shall be allocated for the following purposes:

(i) during the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2001, of the amount available under this clause, 39.7 percent shall be allocated to make increased hospital payments under section 256.969, subdivision 26; 34.2 percent shall be allocated to fund the amounts due from small rural hospitals, as defined in section 144.148, for overpayments under section 256.969, subdivision 5a, resulting from a determination that medical assistance and general assistance payments exceeded the charge limit during the period from 1994 to 1997; and 26.1 percent shall be allocated to the commissioner of health for rural hospital capital improvement grants under section 144.148; and

(ii) during fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 2002, of the amount available under this clause, 55 percent shall be allocated to make increased hospital payments under section 256.969, subdivision 26, and 45 percent shall be allocated to the commissioner of health for rural hospital capital improvement grants under section 144.148; and

(2) 11 percent shall be allocated to the commissioner of health to fund community clinic grants under section 145.9268.

(c) This subdivision shall apply to fee-for-service payments only and shall not increase capitation payments or payments made based on average rates. The allocation in paragraph (b), clause (1), item (ii), to increase hospital payments under section 256.969, subdivision 26, shall not limit payments under that section.

(d) Medical assistance rate or payment changes, including those required to obtain federal financial participation under section 62J.692, subdivision 8, shall precede the determination of intergovernmental transfer amounts determined in this subdivision. Participation in the intergovernmental transfer program shall not result in the offset of any health care provider's receipt of medical assistance payment increases other than limits resulting from hospital-specific charge limits and limits on disproportionate share hospital payments.

(e) Effective July 1, 2003, if the amount available for allocation under paragraph (b) is greater than the amounts available during March 2003, after any increase in intergovernmental transfers and payments that result from section 256.969, subdivision 3a, paragraph (c), are paid to the general fund, any additional amounts available under this subdivision after reimbursement of the transfers under subdivision 2 shall be allocated to increase medical assistance payments, subject to hospital-specific charge limits and limits on disproportionate share hospital payments, as follows:

(1) if the payments under subdivision 5 are approved, the amount shall be paid to the largest ten percent of hospitals as measured by 2001 payments for medical assistance, general assistance medical care, and MinnesotaCare in the nonstate government hospital category. Payments shall be allocated according to each hospital's proportionate share of the 2001 payments; or

(2) if the payments under subdivision 5 are not approved, the amount shall be paid to the largest ten percent of hospitals as measured by 2001 payments for medical assistance, general assistance medical care, and MinnesotaCare in the nonstate government category and to the largest ten percent of hospitals as measured by payments for medical assistance, general assistance medical care, and MinnesotaCare in the nongovernment hospital category. Payments shall be allocated according to each hospital's proportionate share of the 2001 payments in their respective category of nonstate government and nongovernment. The commissioner shall determine which hospitals are in the nonstate government and nongovernment hospital categories.

Subd. 4.Adjustments permitted.

(a) The commissioner may adjust the intergovernmental transfers under subdivision 2 and the payments under subdivision 3, and payments and transfers under subdivision 5, based on the commissioner's determination of Medicare upper payment limits, hospital-specific charge limits, and hospital-specific limitations on disproportionate share payments. Any adjustments must be made on a proportional basis. If participation by a particular hospital under this section is limited, the commissioner shall adjust the payments that relate to that hospital under subdivisions 2, 3, and 5 on a proportional basis in order to allow the hospital to participate under this section to the fullest extent possible and shall increase other payments under subdivisions 2, 3, and 5 to the extent allowable to maintain the overall level of payments under this section. The commissioner may make adjustments under this subdivision only after consultation with the counties and hospitals identified in subdivisions 2 and 3, and, if subdivision 5 receives federal approval, with the hospital and educational institution identified in subdivision 5.

(b) The ratio of medical assistance payments specified in subdivision 3 to the intergovernmental transfers specified in subdivision 2 shall not be reduced except as provided under paragraph (a).

Subd. 5.Inclusion of Fairview University Medical Center.

(a) Upon federal approval of the payments in paragraph (b), the commissioner shall establish an intergovernmental transfer with the University of Minnesota in an amount determined by the commissioner based on the amount of Medicare upper payment limit available for nongovernment hospitals adjusted by hospital-specific charge limits and the amount available under the hospital-specific disproportionate share limit.

(b) Effective July 1, 2003, the commissioner shall increase payments for medical assistance admissions at Fairview University Medical Center by 71 percent of the transfer plus any federal matching payments on that amount, to increase payments for medical assistance admissions and to recognize higher medical assistance costs in institutions that provide high levels of charity care. Twenty-nine percent of the transfer plus federal matching funds available as a result of the transfers in subdivision 5 shall be paid to the largest ten percent of hospitals in the nongovernment hospital category as measured by 2001 payments for medical assistance, general assistance medical care, and MinnesotaCare. Payments shall be allocated according to each hospital's proportionate share of the 2001 payments. The commissioner shall determine which hospitals are in the nongovernment hospital category.

History:

1Sp2001 c 9 art 2 s 46; 2002 c 379 art 1 s 113; 1Sp2003 c 14 art 12 s 53,54; 1Sp2005 c 4 art 8 s 49; 2009 c 173 art 3 s 12-14