§ 31-8-179.3 - (Repealed effective June 30, 2013) Assessment of provider payments; to be paid by hospital in quarterly installments; payment recognized as expenditure for indigent or charity care
O.C.G.A. 31-8-179.3 (2010)
31-8-179.3. (Repealed effective June 30, 2013) Assessment of provider payments; to be paid by hospital in quarterly installments; payment recognized as expenditure for indigent or charity care
(a) Each hospital shall be assessed a provider payment in the amount of 1.45 percent of the net patient revenue of the hospital; provided, however, that the Department of Community Health may lower the provider payment percentage for a subclass of hospitals, if necessary, to comply with the broad-based and uniform tests pursuant to 42 C.F.R. Section 433.68.
(b) The provider payment shall be paid quarterly by each hospital to the department. The assessment shall be based on the department's annual hospital financial survey. Payment of the provider payment shall be due at end of each calendar quarter; the first payment shall be due on September 30.
(c) The provider payment imposed under this article shall be recognized by the department as a form of expenditure for indigent or charity care under any agreement by a hospital to provide a specified amount of clinical health services to indigent patients pursuant to subsection (c) of Code Section 31-6-40.1 and may be considered a community benefit for purposes of any required or voluntary community benefit report filed or prepared by a hospital; provided, however, that the provider payment shall not be considered charity or indigent care for purposes of calculating net patient revenue pursuant to this article.