(a)As used in this chapter:
(i)"Account" means the private ground ambulance
service provider assessment account created by W.S. 42-11-103;
(ii)"Ambulance" has the same meaning as defined in
W.S. 33-36-102(a)(i)(A) and (B);
(iii)"Department" means the department of health;
(iv)"Fiscal year" means the twelve (12) month period
beginning October 1 and ending September 30;
(v)"Private ground ambulance service provider" means
any person operating a licensed ambulance service designed to
operate on the ground, which is not owned or operated by the
state or any city, town, county, special district or other
political subdivision of the state or local government;
(vi)"License" and "licensed" means an ambulance
business license issued under W.S. 33-36-104 that is not expired
and has not been r
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(a) As used in this chapter:
(i) "Account" means the private ground ambulance
service provider assessment account created by W.S. 42-11-103;
(ii) "Ambulance" has the same meaning as defined in
W.S. 33-36-102(a)(i)(A) and (B);
(iii) "Department" means the department of health;
(iv) "Fiscal year" means the twelve (12) month period
beginning October 1 and ending September 30;
(v) "Private ground ambulance service provider" means
any person operating a licensed ambulance service designed to
operate on the ground, which is not owned or operated by the
state or any city, town, county, special district or other
political subdivision of the state or local government;
(vi) "License" and "licensed" means an ambulance
business license issued under W.S. 33-36-104 that is not expired
and has not been revoked or suspended;
(vii) "Medicaid" means the medical assistance program
established by title XIX of the federal Social Security Act and
administered in this state by the department pursuant to the
Wyoming Medical Assistance and Services Act;
(viii) "Net patient revenue" means all amounts
received by a private ground ambulance service provider licensed
under W.S. 33-36-104 for the provision of licensed, ground
ambulance services in the state of Wyoming. The department shall
establish a procedure for determining net patient revenue for
purposes of the assessment provided under W.S. 42-11-104;
(ix) "Quarterly adjustment payment" means the
quarterly payments made to private ground ambulance service
providers that the department may establish and distribute
pursuant to W.S. 42-11-106;
(x) "Rate enhancement" means Medicaid reimbursement
rate increases to private ground ambulance service providers, as
determined by the department and approved by the Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services;
(xi) "Upper payment limit" means a limitation on
aggregate Medicaid payments to private ground ambulance service
providers, or another applicable class of Medicaid payees, as
established by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;
(xii) "Upper payment limit gap" means the amount
calculated annually by the department constituting the
difference between the applicable upper payment limit and
Medicaid payments made subject to that limit in a fiscal year,
excluding any payments authorized by this chapter.