July 27, 2018 is the deadline for filing the 2017 Hospital Financial Survey (HFS), Financial Statement Reconciliation Addendum, and Indigent Care Trust Fund Addendum. The forms and instructions can be accessed on the Georgia Department of Community Health website http://www.georgiahealthdata.info. For PPS providers, this survey has a major impact on actual expenses given that the [...]
On May 23, 2018, Treasury released Notice 2018-54, stating that proposed regulations are forthcoming related to the federal income tax treatment of certain payments made by taxpayers for which a credit is received against their state and local taxes. These future regulations may affect the federal deductibility of charitable contributions under the Georgia Qualified Rural [...]
In a memorandum dated May 21, 2018, from John Upchurch, the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) communicated the process of the State Fiscal Year 2018 Nursing Home Upper Payment Limit (UPL) payments for the 4th quarter. The transfer amounts and gross nursing home UPL funds are available on the DCH website: https://dch.georgia.gov/nursing-home-supplemental-reimbursement. The [...]
The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) has communicated to providers in a memorandum dated May 14th that DCH is preparing to make final payments for the State Fiscal Year 2018 Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program. Gross payments, intergovernmental transfer amounts, and related documents are included with the memorandum. This information is posted on [...]
Recently, the Department of Community Health (DCH) published an updated Pharmacy Services Provider Manual with additional billing instructions for all 340B drug claims. DCH used this update to consolidate prior guidance and provide additional information on 340B Program participation and prevention of duplicate discounts. For 340B Outpatient Pharmacy (Retail Pharmacy) Claims, DCH now requires [...]
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 extends the relaxed qualifying criteria for the low volume hospital payment adjustment through September 30, 2018. Under the relaxed criteria, the payment increases are applicable for hospitals that have less than 1,600 Medicare discharges (including traditional and Medicare Advantage) and are located more than 15 road miles from [...]
Recently, the Department of Community Health (DCH) released billing instructions for Hospital 340B drug claims submission effective July 1, 2018. This change means that the Medicaid Exclusion File will no longer be exclusively used by DCH to prevent duplicate discounts, one of the statutory requirements of the 340B Program. Here is what you need [...]
In a memorandum dated March 12, 2018, from John Upchurch, the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) communicated the process of the State Fiscal Year 2018 Nursing Home Upper Payment Limit (UPL) payments for the 1st through 3rd quarters. The transfer amounts and gross nursing home UPL funds are available on the DCH website: [...]
In a memorandum dated January 25, 2018, from John Upchurch, the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) announced it is seeking approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to expand the Physician UPL program to include the following: All physician practices affiliated with a public teaching hospital enrolled in Georgia Medicaid. [...]
Organizations subject to Unrelated Business Income (UBI) Tax at corporate rates will now pay a flat tax rate of 21%. However, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017 multiple UBI activities can no longer be aggregated. Instead, the income or loss from each activity is separately calculated and loss activities can no longer [...]