§ 6 — Payment by acute hospital or ambulatory surgical center for estimated expenses of commission

Massachusetts § 6

• Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
• Part I: ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
• Title II: EXECUTIVE AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
• Ch. 6D: HEALTH POLICY COMMISSION

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[ Text of section effective until April 8, 2025. For text effective April 8, 2025, see below.][ First paragraph effective until the later of one full calendar month following the calendar month in which the secretary receives all federal approvals deemed necessary to implement said sections or January 1, 2025. For text effective the later of (i) one full calendar month following the calendar month in which the secretary receives all federal approvals deemed necessary to implement said sections or January 1, 2025, see below.]Section 6. Each acute hospital, ambulatory surgical center and surcharge payor shall pay to the commonwealth an amount for the estimated expenses of the commission.[ First paragraph as amended by 2024, 140, Sec. 4 effective the later of one full calendar month following the calendar month in which the secretary receives all federal approvals deemed necessary to implement said sections or January 1, 2025. See 2024, 140, Sec. 252. For text effective until the later of one full calendar month following the calendar month in which the secretary receives all federal approvals deemed necessary to implement said sections or January 1, 2025, see above.]Each acute hospital and ambulatory surgical center shall pay to the commonwealth an amount for the estimated expenses of the commission.The assessed amount for hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers shall be not less than 33 per cent of the amount appropriated by the general court for the expenses of the commission minus amounts collected from: (i) filing fees; (ii) fees and charges generated by the commission; and (iii) federal matching revenues received for these expenses or received retroactively for expenses of predecessor agencies. Each acute hospital and ambulatory surgical center shall pay such assessed amount multiplied by the ratio of the hospital's or ambulatory surgical center's gross patient service revenues to the total of all such hospital's and ambulatory surgical center's gross patient services revenues. Each acute hospital and ambulatory surgical center shall make a preliminary payment to the commission on October 1 of each year in an amount equal to 1/2 of the previous year's total assessment. Thereafter, each hospital and ambulatory surgical center shall pay, within 30 days notice from the commission, the balance of the total assessment for the current year based upon its most current projected gross patient service revenue. The commission shall subsequently adjust the assessment for any variation in actual and estimated expenses of the commission and for changes in hospital or ambulatory surgical center gross patient service revenue. Such estimated and actual expenses shall include an amount equal to the cost of fringe benefits and indirect expenses, as established by the comptroller under section 5D of chapter 29. In the event of late payment by any such hospital or ambulatory surgical center, the treasurer shall advance the amount of due and unpaid funds to the commission prior to the receipt of such monies in anticipation of such revenues up to the amount authorized in the then current budget attributable to such assessments and the commission shall reimburse the treasurer for such advances upon receipt of such revenues. This section shall not apply to any state institution or to any acute hospital which is operated by a city or town.[ Third paragraph effective until the later of one full calendar month following the calendar month in which the secretary receives all federal approvals deemed necessary to implement said sections or January 1, 2025. Deleted by 2024, 140, Sec. 5. See 2024, 140, Sec. 252.]The assessed amount for surcharge payors shall be not less than 33 per cent of the amount appropriated by the general court for the expenses of the commission minus amounts collected from (i) filing fees; (ii) fees and charges generated by the commission's publication or dissemination of reports and information; and (iii) federal matching revenues received for these expenses or received retroactively for expenses of predecessor agencies. The assessment on surcharge payors shall be calculated and collected in the same manner as the assessment authorized under section 68 of chapter 118E.Chapter 6D: Section 6. Payment by acute hospital or ambulatory surgical center for estimated expenses of commission[Text of section as amended by 2024, 342, Sec. 5 and 2024, 343, Sec. 14 effective April 8, 2025. For text effective until April 8, 2025, see above.]Section 6. (a) For the purposes of this section, "non-hospital provider organization'' shall mean a provider organization required to register under section 11 that is: (i) a non-hospital-based physician practice with not less than $500,000,000 in annual gross patient service revenue; (ii) a clinical laboratory; (iii) an imaging facility; or (iv) a network of affiliated urgent care centers.(b) Each acute hospital, ambulatory surgical center, non-hospital provider organization, pharmaceutical manufacturing company and pharmacy benefit manager shall pay to the commonwealth an amount for the estimated expenses of the commission.(c) The assessed amount for acute hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers and non-hospital provider organizations shall be not less than 30 per cent nor more than 40 per cent of the amount appropriated by the general court for the expenses of the commission minus amounts collected from: (i) filing fees; (ii) fees and charges generated by the commission; and (iii) federal matching revenues received for these expenses or received retroactively for expenses of predecessor agencies; provided, however, that, to the maximum extent permissible under federal law, non-hospital provider organizations shall be assessed not less than 3 per cent nor more than 8 per cent of the total assessed amount for acute hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers and non-hospital provider organizations. Each acute hospital, ambulatory surgical center and non-hospital provider organization shall pay such assessed amount multiplied by the ratio of the acute hospital's, ambulatory surgical center's or non-hospital provider organization's gross patient service revenues to the total gross patient service revenues of all such hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers and non-hospital provider organizations. Each acute hospital, ambulatory surgical center and non-hospital provider organization shall make a preliminary payment to the commission on October 1 of each year in an amount equal to 1/2 of the previous year's total assessment. Thereafter, each acute hospital, ambulatory surgical center and non-hospital provider organization shall pay, within 30 days' notice from the commission, the balance of the total assessment for the current year based upon its most current projected gross patient service revenue. The commission shall subsequently adjust the assessment for any variation in actual and estimated expenses of the commission and for changes in acute hospital, ambulatory surgical center and non-hospital provider organization gross patient service revenue. Such estimated and actual expenses shall include an amount equal to the cost of fringe benefits and indirect expenses, as established by the comptroller under section 5D of chapter 29. In the event of late payment by any such acute hospital, ambulatory surgical center or non-hospital provider organization, the treasurer shall advance the amount of due and unpaid funds to the commission prior to the receipt of such monies in anticipation of such revenues up to the amount authorized in the then current budget attributable to such assessments and the commission shall reimburse the treasurer for such advances upon receipt of such revenues. This section shall not apply to any state institution or to any acute hospital which is operated by a city or town.(d) To the maximum extent permissible under federal law, and provided that such assessment will not result in any reduction of federal financial participation in Medicaid, the assessed amount for pharmaceutical manufacturing companies shall be not less than 5 per cent nor more than 10 per cent of the amount appropriated by the general court for the expenses of the commission minus amounts collected from: (i) filing fees; (ii) fees and charges generated by the commission; and (iii) federal matching revenues received for these expenses or received retroactively for expenses of predecessor agencies. Each pharmaceutical manufacturing company shall pay such assessed amount multiplied by the ratio of MassHealth's net spending for the manufacturer's prescription drugs used in the MassHealth rebate program to MassHealth's total pharmacy spending.(e) To the maximum extent permissible under federal law, and provided that such assessment will not result in any reduction of federal financial participation in Medicaid, the assessed amount for pharmacy benefit managers shall be not less than 5 per cent nor more than 10 per cent of the amount appropriated by the general court for the expenses of the commission minus amounts collected from: (i) filing fees; (ii) fees and charges generated by the commission; and (iii) federal matching revenues received for these expenses or received retroactively for expenses of predecessor agencies. Each pharmacy benefit manager shall pay such assessed amount multiplied by the ratio of the claims paid by the pharmacy benefit manager attributed to residents of the commonwealth for whom it manages pharmaceutical benefits on behalf of carriers to the total of all such claims paid by all pharmacy benefit managers attributed to residents of the commonwealth for whom they manage pharmaceutical benefits on behalf of carriers.(f) Each pharmaceutical manufacturing company and each pharmacy benefit manager shall make a preliminary payment to the commission annually on October 1 in an amount equal to 1/2 of the previous year's total assessment. Thereafter, each pharmaceutical manufacturing company and each pharmacy benefit manager shall pay, within 30 days of receiving notice from the commission, the balance of the total assessment for the current year as determined by the commission.