Rhode Island § 40-8.8-7 § 40-8.8-7. Regulations and commencement of program.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 40-8.8-7 — § 40-8.8-7. Regulations and commencement of program.

Rhode Island § 40-8.8-7

Title 40Human services

Ch. 40-8.8Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 40-8.8-7 (2026).

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§ 40-8.8-7. Regulations and commencement of program.
(a) The department of human services shall submit the Medicaid state plan amendment and
            promulgate any rules or regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this
            chapter, contingent upon, and immediately following, federal approval of any program
            of all-inclusive care of the elderly.
         
(b) Contingent upon completion of the Medicaid state plan amendment process, and the appropriation
            of necessary funding to implement the program, the program of all-inclusive care for
            the elderly shall commence on July 1, 2005.
         
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§ 40-8.8-7. Regulations and commencement of program.

(a) The department of human services shall submit the Medicaid state plan amendment and promulgate any rules or regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter, contingent upon, and immediately following, federal approval of any program of all-inclusive care of the elderly.

(b) Contingent upon completion of the Medicaid state plan amendment process, and the appropriation of necessary funding to implement the program, the program of all-inclusive care for the elderly shall commence on July 1, 2005.

(c) Each hospital licensed in this state under chapter 17 of title 23 must accept as payment in full for providing professional component, technical component, or globally billed services to a person enrolled in a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly no more than one hundred percent (100%) of what Medicare would pay the hospital for providing the same services.

(d) A hospital-owned or controlled professional practice or affiliate thereof must accept as payment in full for providing professional services to a person enrolled in a program of all-inclusive care for the elderly no more than one hundred percent (100%) of what Medicare would pay the relevant professional for providing the same services.

(e) For purposes of subsection (d):

(1) A "hospital-owned or controlled professional practiceâ€� means a practitioner's (physician, dentist, or other healthcare provider) office or group of practitioners' offices (whether organized as a nonprofit corporation, professional service corporation, partnership, organization, or association) that is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by a hospital licensed under chapter 17 of title 23, or is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by an affiliate of such a hospital; and

(2) An "affiliateâ€� means an entity that is controlled by, in control of, or in common control with, another entity.