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Kentucky Rural Health Clinics and FQHC’s/Look- A-Likes with Low Rates—Don’t Overlook this Rate Increase!

Posted In Health Care Law, Medicaid, Qualified Health Care Centers (“FQHC”), Rural Health Centers (“RHCs”)

Approved by CMS and effective July 1, 2014, Kentucky’s Medicaid Program may now pay certain Rural Health Clinics (“RHC”), Federally Qualified Health Care Centers (“FQHC”) and Look-a-Likes a higher rate. The Department of Medicaid Services (“Medicaid”) sought approval to pay RHCs, FQHCs and Look-A-Likes that have a low per visit PPS rate at a rate equal to 125% of the Medicare rate.  This means that Kentucky RHCs, FQHCs and Look-A-Likes with low Medicaid rates, just got a raise-- that is if they claim it! While the Medicaid State Health Plan Amendment provides that an “Alternative Payment Methodology” is now available, this really means that clinics with low rates can ask to be paid at a higher rate per visit without qualifying for a change in scope of service.   This increase in rate is supposed to be effective on July 1, 2014, but is based upon the Medicare Upper Payment Limit for RHCs as of September 30, 2014 and the rate as we calculate it is approximately $99.70. Essentially, this means that providers with rates below the $99.70 threshold may elect to be paid under the alternative payment methodology. More >

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