14169.2. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 286, Sec. 7.)

(a)Private hospitals shall be paid supplemental amounts…#

(a) Private hospitals shall be paid supplemental amounts for the provision of hospital outpatient services as set forth in this section. The supplemental amounts shall be in addition to any other amounts payable to hospitals with respect to those services and shall not affect any other payments to hospitals. The supplemental amounts shall result in payments equal to the statewide aggregate upper payment limit for private hospitals as it may be modified by Section 14169.19.

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14169.2. (Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 286, Sec. 7.)

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(a)Private hospitals shall be paid supplemental amounts…#

(a) Private hospitals shall be paid supplemental amounts for the provision of hospital outpatient services as set forth in this section. The supplemental amounts shall be in addition to any other amounts payable to hospitals with respect to those services and shall not affect any other payments to hospitals. The supplemental amounts shall result in payments equal to the statewide aggregate upper payment limit for private hospitals as it may be modified by Section 14169.19.

(b)Except as set forth in subdivisions (e) and (f), each…#

(b) Except as set forth in subdivisions (e) and (f), each private hospital shall be paid an amount for each subject fiscal year equal to a percentage of the hospital’s outpatient base amount. The percentage shall be the same for each hospital for a subject fiscal year. The percentage shall result in payments to hospitals that equal the applicable federal upper payment limit as provided in Section 14169.19 for a subject fiscal year, except for the 2011–12 state fiscal year during which the percentage shall result in payments to hospitals that equal the applicable federal upper payment limit for the 2011–12 state fiscal year, less any amounts paid pursuant to Section 14168.2 and accounted toward the federal upper payment limits for the entire 2011–12 state fiscal year. For purposes of this subdivision the applicable federal upper payment limit shall be the federal upper payment limit for hospital outpatient services furnished by private hospitals for each subject fiscal year.

(c)In the event federal financial participation for a…#

(c) In the event federal financial participation for a subject fiscal year is not available for all of the supplemental amounts payable to private hospitals under subdivision (b) due to the application of a federal upper payment limit or for any other reason, both of the following shall apply:

(1) The total amount payable to private hospitals under subdivision (b) for the subject fiscal year shall be reduced to the amount for which federal financial participation is available.

(2) The amount payable under subdivision (b) to each private hospital for the subject fiscal year shall be equal to the amount computed under subdivision (b) multiplied by the ratio of the total amount for which federal financial participation is available to the total amount computed under subdivision (b).

(d)The supplemental amounts set forth in this section are…#

(d) The supplemental amounts set forth in this section are inclusive of federal financial participation.

(e)Payments shall not be made under this section to a new…#

(e) Payments shall not be made under this section to a new hospital.

(f)No payments shall be made under this section to a…#

(f) No payments shall be made under this section to a converted hospital.