249A.20 - NONINSTITUTIONAL HEALTH PROVIDERS -- REIMBURSEMENT.
249A.20 NONINSTITUTIONAL HEALTH PROVIDERS --
REIMBURSEMENT.
Beginning November 1, 2000, the department shall use the federal
Medicare resource-based relative value scale methodology to reimburse
all applicable noninstitutional health providers, excluding
anesthesia and dental services, that on June 30, 2000, are reimbursed
on a fee-for-service basis for provision of services under the
medical assistance program. The department shall apply the federal
Medicare resource-based relative value scale methodology to such
health providers in the same manner as the methodology is applied
under the federal Medicare program and shall not utilize the
resource-based relative value scale methodology in a manner that
discriminates between such health providers. The reimbursement
schedule shall be adjusted annually on July 1, and shall provide for
reimbursement that is not less than the reimbursement provided under
the fee schedule established for Iowa under the federal Medicare
program in effect on January 1 of that calendar year.
A provider reimbursed under section 249A.31 is not a
noninstitutional health provider. Section History: Recent Form
2000 Acts, ch 1221, §7; 2002 Acts, ch 1120, §2, 9