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MN HF1975
Bill
Status
Introduced
3/6/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jeff Backer
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AI Summary
- Modifies Medical Assistance hospital payment rate rebasing methodology effective July 1, 2025, requiring rates to reflect changes in hospital costs between base years and the rate year using the hospital cost index
- Removes the previous cap that limited cost measurement to the lower of the hospital cost index or the percentage change in case mix adjusted cost per claim
- Sets critical access hospital inpatient payment rates at 100 percent of base year costs inflated to the rate year, effective July 1, 2025
- Excludes pandemic-affected years from being used as base years for rate calculations
- Requires estimated payment changes from rebasing to be reported to the legislature by January 15 of each rebasing year, including hospital-by-hospital differentials between payment rates and costs
Legislative Description
Hospital payment rates modified.
Last Action
Introduction and first reading, referred to Health Finance and Policy
3/6/2025
Committee Referrals
Health Finance & Policy3/6/2025
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