§ 42-9-106 — Quarterly adjustment payments

(a) To preserve the quality and improve access to private
hospital services, the department shall make quarterly
adjustment payments as set forth in this section.
(b) Each private hospital that pays assessments under this
chapter and is eligible to receive medicaid payments shall be
eligible to receive quarterly adjustment payments as provided in
this section. The department shall distribute quarterly
adjustment payments in an amount up to but not to exceed the
applicable upper payment limit gap. The department shall
establish a uniform methodology by which to distribute quarterly
adjustment payments in compliance with applicable federal and
state medicaid laws and regulations.
(c) Quarterly adjustment payments shall not be used to
offset any other payment by medicaid for hospital services to
medicaid beneficiaries, including without limitation any fee-
for-service, per diem, private hospital inpatient adjustment or
cost settlement payment.
(d) No private hospital shall be guaranteed, expressly or
otherwise, that any quarterly adjustment payment will equal or
exceed the amount of the private hospital assessments due under
this chapter.
(e) Monies made available by this chapter shall not be
used to replace other general revenues appropriated and funded
by the legislature or other revenues used to support medicaid.