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150.150;

(13) provider-based clinic costs: the department will not allow provider-based clinic costs; for purposes of this paragraph, provider-based clinic costs include

(A) capital costs for a clinic, administrative costs for a clinic, general health care or nursing services in a clinic, and any other allocated overhead costs for a clinic; and

(B) items reported under a “clinic” component or a “clinic” cost center of a hospital; for purposes of this subparagraph, the department will consider a component or cost center to be a “clinic” component or “clinic” cost center if that component or cost center is established primarily for the provision of outpatient physicians’ or nurse practitioners’ services;

(14) advocacy and lobbying activity expenses: advocacy expenses, lobbying activity costs and special assessments to fund the preparation of advocacy and position papers are not allowable costs; for dues, meetings, conference fees, and memberships in trade organizations and associations, a facility may claim up to 75 percent as allowable costs; health care training expenses will not be considered unallowable solely because a trade organization or association sponsors the training;

(15) nonallowable cost related to a court or administrative proceeding initiated by a facility: costs incurred by a facility related to a court or administrative proceeding originally initiated by a facility are not allowable under this section, except that costs incurred on an issue in a court or administrative proceeding originally initiated by a facility are allowable operating costs under this section if the facility is the prevailing party on the issue under a final order, and the rules governing the proceeding make no provision for award of fees and costs to a prevailing party; allowable operating costs under this paragraph related to a court or administrative proceeding originally initiated by the facility are limited to expenses incurred in the base year. (Eff. 2/1/2010, Register 193; am 1/1/2024, Register 248) Statutory Authority: Authority: AS 47.05.010 AS 47.07.071

AS 47.07.070 AS 47.07.073 Editor’s note: As of Register 207 (October 2013), and acting under AS 44.62.l25(b)(6) and sec. 29, ch. 42, SLA 2013, the regulations attorney made a technical change to 7 AAC 150.170(b)(7), to change “intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded” to “intermediate care facility for individuals with an intellectual disability or related condition.” Chapter 42, SLA 2013 amended terminology in the Alaska Statutes to replace references to “mental retardation” and “mentally retarded” with more current terms. Section 29, ch. 42, SLA 2013 instructed that similar changes be made in the Alaska Administrative Code.