Arkansas § 20-48-902 Calculation of provider fee

Arkansas Statutes

§ 20-48-902 — Calculation of provider fee

Arkansas § 20-48-902

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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-48-902 (2026).

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(a)(1) There is levied a provider fee on intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual or other developmental disabilities to be calculated in accordance with this section.

(2)(A) The provider fee shall be an amount calculated by the Division of Medical Services to produce an aggregate provider fee payment equal to six percent (6%) of the aggregate gross receipts of all intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual or other developmental disabilities.

(B)Aggregate provider fees shall not equal or exceed an amount measured on a state fiscal year basis that may cause a reduction in federal financial participation in Medicaid.

(b)(1) (A) The provider fee of an intermediate facility for individuals with intellectual or other developmental disabilities shal

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(a) (1) There is levied a provider fee on intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual or other developmental disabilities to be calculated in accordance with this section. (2) (A) The provider fee shall be an amount calculated by the Division of Medical Services to produce an aggregate provider fee payment equal to six percent (6%) of the aggregate gross receipts of all intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual or other developmental disabilities. (B) Aggregate provider fees shall not equal or exceed an amount measured on a state fiscal year basis that may cause a reduction in federal financial participation in Medicaid. (b) (1) (A) The provider fee of an intermediate facility for individuals with intellectual or other developmental disabilities shall be payable in monthly payments. (B) Each monthly payment shall be due and payable for the previous month by the thirtieth day of each month. (2) The division shall seek approval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to treat the provider fee of an intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual or other developmental disabilities as an allowable cost for Medicaid reimbursement purposes. (c) An intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual or other developmental disabilities is not guaranteed, expressly or otherwise, that any additional moneys paid to the intermediate care facility for individuals with intellectual or other developmental disabilities will equal or exceed the amount of its provider fee. (d) (1) The division shall ensure that the rate of assessment of the provider fee established in this section maximizes federal funding to the fullest extent possible. (2) If the division determines that the rate of assessment of the provider fee established in this section equals or exceeds the maximum rate of assessment that federal law allows without reduction in federal financial participation in Medicaid, the division shall lower the rate of assessment of the provider fee to a rate that maximizes federal funding to the fullest extent possible.