7 AAC 165.040 - Incentive payments

(a) The department will make an incentive payment to a provider under this chapter in accordance with

(1) the requirements of 42 C.F.R. 495.308 - 495.312, revised as of September 4, 2012, and adopted by reference; and

(2) if a hospital provider, the payment schedule identified in (b) of this section.

(b) If a hospital provider continues to be eligible for participation in the Alaska Medicaid electronic health record incentive program each payment year, the department will pay, as follows, the aggregate amount determined under this chapter and 42 C.F.R. 495.310, adopted by reference in (a)(1) of this section, to that provider:

(1) in the first year of participation, 50 percent of the aggregate amount;

(2) in second year of participation, 40 percent of the aggregate amount;

(3) in the third year of participation, 10 percent of the aggregate amount.

(c) Before making a payment under this chapter, the department will verify that the federal taxpayer identification number to which the provider attested under 7 AAC 165.020 is the federal taxpayer identification number of a Medicaid-enrolled provider under 7 AAC 105 - 7 AAC 160.

Notes

7 AAC 165.040

Eff. 6/1/2011, Register 198; am 1/20/2013, Register 205

Authority:AS 47.05.010

AS 47.07.030

AS 47.07.040