CT SB00106

Replaces references to "Medicare Ambulatory Payment Classification" with "ambulatory payment classification" to allow Connecticut to establish Medicaid-specific payment rates for hospital outpatient and emergency room services.

Changes payment basis from "episodes of care" to "services" for hospitals receiving Medicaid reimbursement under the ambulatory payment classification system.

Removes requirement that the ambulatory payment classification system be augmented to cover services not generally covered under Medicare, including mammograms and therapy services.

Authorizes the Commissioner of Social Services to establish a supplemental payment pool to offset losses incurred by publicly operated acute care hospitals and acute care children's hospitals resulting from implementation of the new payment system.

Requires hospitals' charge masters to be based on June 1, 2015 baseline, with annual increases limited to the Medicare economic index growth rate.