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(iv)Receive funds from any source for purposes of carrying…#
(iv) Receive funds from any source for purposes of carrying out this chapter;
(v) Establish reasonable limits on services and supplies authorized under W.S. 42-4-103;
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(vi) Conduct pilot projects pursuant to W.S. 42-4-107(c);
(vii) Provide for part or all of the services and supplies authorized under W.S. 42-4-103 for some or all categorically eligible individuals through health care insurance or through contracts with networks of health care providers;
(viii) Purchase stop gap insurance;
(ix) Enter into intergovernmental transfer arrangements with qualifying facilities and providers, including but not limited to hospitals, nursing homes, hospital owned and operated professional service providers and ground ambulance service providers, in which all federal funding received as a result of the intergovernmental transfer arrangements shall be distributed to participating facilities and providers in accordance with the terms of an approved state plan amendment or other agreement with the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services. Notwithstanding, if consistent with the state plan amendment or agreement, the department may use funds derived from such intergovernmental transfers to pay administrative expenses incurred by the department or its agent in performing the activities authorized under this subsection, provided that these expenses shall not exceed a total of three percent (3%) of the aggregate intergovernmental transfer funds collected in the fiscal year;
(x) Provide for the withholding of medical assistance payments from nursing care facilities in accordance with W.S. 42-8-107(b)(i).
(c) Subject to limitations imposed under this subsection, the department shall, at least once every five (5) years but not more than once in any three (3) year period, establish a new base period to be used in calculating all skilled nursing homes' medical assistance per diem base rate reimbursable under this chapter, using the most recent cost report information provided to the department. For purposes of medical assistance reimbursable under this chapter, the department shall reimburse