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HOSPITAL ENGAGEMENT MEETING Friday, July 13, 2018 9:00 AM 10:30 AM Location: The Department of Health Care Policy & Financing, 303 East 17 th Avenue, Denver, CO 80203. 7 th Floor Rooms B&C. Conference Line: 1-877-820-7831 Passcode:


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HOSPITAL ENGAGEMENT MEETING

Friday, July 13, 2018 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Location: The Department of Health Care Policy & Financing, 303 East 17th Avenue, Denver, CO 80203. 7th Floor Rooms B&C. Conference Line: 1-877-820-7831 Passcode: 294442# For more information contact: Elizabeth Quaife at elizabeth.quaife@state.co.us

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Overview of Today’s Meetings

  • General Hospital Meeting

9:00-10:30

  • Break

10:30-11:00

  • EAPG Engagement Meeting

11:00-12:30

**Special Note: The webinar room will change for the EAPG meeting. The link to EAPG Webinar room is shared under ‘Shared Links’ on the right side of this webinar room. Please log in during the break if you wish to stay for the EAPG portion of the day.

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End of the Meeting

  • Recording and Audio will stop at the end of the

meeting.

  • The Webinar room will remain open for

participants wishing to attend the EAPG Meeting can select the shared link

  • The Webinar room will close at 10:50am.

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Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing

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HOSPITAL ENGAGEMENT MEETING TOPICS 7/13/2018 9am-10:30am

  • Specialty Hospital Update
  • Items Pending Additional Research/Action
  • Hospital Transformation Project Update
  • Impacts of Submitting Medicare as Other Insurance
  • Observation 24-48 hours prior to Inpatient Stay
  • FY 2018-19 Hospital Base Rates Update
  • Mass Adjustment Updates (INPATIENT ONLY)
  • Inpatient Future Plans/Goals
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GROUND RULES FOR WEBINAR

  • WE WILL BE RECORDING THIS WEBINAR
  • ALL LINES ARE MUTED. PRESS *6 IF YOU WISH TO UNMUTE.

PARTICIPANTS CAN ALSO UTILIZE THE WEBINAR CHAT WINDOW

  • Please speak clearly when asking a question and give your

name and hospital

  • If background noise and/or inappropriate language occurs all

lines will be hard muted. Thank you for your cooperation

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Welcome & Introductions

  • Thank you for participating today!
  • We are counting on your participation to

make these meetings successful

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  • 1/12/2018
  • 3/2/2018
  • 5/4/2018
  • 7/13/2018
  • 9/7/2018
  • 11/2/2018

Dates for Future Hospital Engagement Meetings in 2018

The agenda for upcoming meetings will be available on our external website in advance of each meeting. https://www.colorado.gov/pacifi c/hcpf/hospital-engagement- meetings

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EAPG Monthly Meetings

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2018 Meetings, Conference Room 7B, 11:00am-12:30pm 07/13/2018 09/07/2018 11/2/2018

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Agenda Items

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If you wish to request a topic for our next meeting. Please submit the request by the week prior to the meeting to ensure enough time is allowed to gather correct personnel and information on the topic. If a topic is submitted the week of the meeting, we cannot guarantee enough research will be completed to present at the meeting. However it will be carried over to the following meeting and any actionable items will be followed up with the Provider as soon as possible. Send all requests to Elizabeth Quaife at elizabeth.quaife@state.co.us The Meeting Agenda is posted on Monday the week of the meeting to

  • ur Hospital Engagement Meeting Website.
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Specialty Hospital Meetings

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Meetings for the Budget Neutral Per Diems have concluded and any additional status updates for implementation will be provided through email . The Department wishes to pick up meetings by the end of the year to begin discussing future components of Specialty Per Diems such as quality measures, rebasing per diems and adding a severity of illness component. These meetings will be announced in advanced via Hospital Engagement Meeting, Provider Bulletin, Hospital Engagement Meeting Website AND Email.

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Specialty Hospital Per Diem

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***Final Draft: Awaiting Department Approval

CLASSIFICATION T1 Days Tier 1 Rate T2 Days Tier 2 Rate T3 Days Tier 3 Rate T4 Days Tier 4 Rate LTAC 1-21 $2,125.50 22-35 $2,019.22 56 $1,918.26 >56 $1,822.35 REHAB 1-6 $985.71 7-10 $936.42 11-14 $936.42 >14 $845.12 SPINE 1-28 $2,807.61 29-49 $2,667.23 50-77 $2,533.87 >77 $2,407.17 CLASSIFICATION T1 Days Tier 1 Rate T2 Days Tier 2 Rate T3 Days Tier 3 Rate T4 Days Tier 4 Rate LTAC 1-21 $2,176.81 22-35 $2,067.97 36-56 $1,964.57 >56 $1,866.34 REHAB 1-6 $1,009.50 7-10 $959.03 11-14 $911.08 >14 $865.52 SPINE 1-28 $2,875.38 29-49 $2,731.61 50-77 $2,595.03 >77 $2,465.28 FINAL RATE

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Pending Additional Research and/or Actions

The following items have been discussed at previous meetings and are pending while additional research and/or processes are being completed.

  • System Request for 12X Crossover and

Medicare Part A Exhaust Pending with DXC

  • System Request for IPP-LARC Carveout

Pending with DXC

  • Removing Baby from Mom’s Claim

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Colorado Hospital Transformation Program

Matt Haynes Special Finance Projects Manager

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Today’s Meeting

  • Hospital Transformation Program (HTP) Update
  • HTP Timeline
  • Community and Health Neighborhood Engagement
  • Discussion and Questions

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Hospital Transformation Program (HTP) Overview

  • The Hospital Transformation Program (HTP) is a critical step

toward adding value into the system over time.

  • Delivery system transformation continues to be a central

goal of HCPF.

  • Tied to the existing supplemental payments
  • Focus on Community Engagement.

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HTP Goals

  • Improve patient outcomes through care redesign and

integration of care across settings;

  • Improve the patient experience in the delivery system by

ensuring appropriate care in appropriate settings;

  • Lower Health First Colorado (Colorado’s Medicaid Program)

costs through reductions in avoidable hospital utilization and increased effectiveness and efficiency in care delivery;

  • Accelerate hospitals’ organizational, operational, and systems

readiness for value-based payment; and

  • Increase collaboration between hospitals and other providers.

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HTP Focus Populations & Priorities

The HTP envisions transforming care across the following populations and priority areas:

  • High Utilizers
  • Vulnerable Populations (including pregnant women and

the elderly)

  • Behavioral Health and SUD Coordination
  • Clinical and Operational Efficiencies
  • Community Development Efforts to Address Population

Health and Total Cost of Care

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HTP Hospital Role

Colorado’s hospitals have a critical role to play in the HTP, and will be asked to:

  • Engage with community partners
  • Recognize and address the social determinants of health
  • Prevent avoidable hospital utilization
  • Ensure access to appropriate care and treatment
  • Improve patient outcomes
  • Ultimately reduce costs and contribute to reductions in total cost
  • f care

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HTP Framework

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HTP Framework (cont’d)

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HTP Framework (cont’d)

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HTP Framework (cont’d)

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HTP Framework (cont’d)

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HTP Timeline

August, 2017 – October, 2018 – Planning period

  • The Department will host a series of workgroup meetings

with urban and rural providers to finalize the HTP.

  • The Department will be engaged with providers and
  • rganizations throughout the spectrum of the delivery

system for input and feedback that will inform program development

  • This period will also include time for hospitals to develop

processes for engaging with their communities.

  • We will also be drafting the waiver during this period.

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HTP Timeline

October, 2018 – October, 2019 – Ramp-up period

  • This pre-waiver period will serve as a ramp-up in alignment

with the provider fee year to establish critical relationships and identify HTP initiatives.

  • Hospitals will begin an in-depth community engagement

process to further determine the needs of the community and the roles hospitals can play to support those needs.

  • Hospitals will begin developing project ideas for the program

application

  • Waiver negotiations with CMS will occur.

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HTP Timeline

October 1, 2019 – HTP implementation

  • As the Enterprise legislation outlines, we will be moving

forward with an 1115 Waiver with an implementation date beginning October 1, 2019.

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Community and Health Neighborhood Engagement

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  • Hospitals must engage stakeholders in their HTP planning
  • Engagement should be:
  • Meaningful
  • Inclusive
  • Not duplicative
  • Evidence-based and data-

driven

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Community and Health Neighborhood Engagement: Stakeholders

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  • Stakeholders can assist planning efforts by providing:
  • Data and expertise about the community the hospital serves
  • Information about and connections to available community

resources

  • Ideas and support for HTP initiatives
  • Stakeholders include:
  • RAEs
  • LPHAs
  • Health Alliances
  • FQHCs
  • Health Neighborhood

providers

  • Health First advocates
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State Activities Hospital Activities

  • Initiate or leverage

relationships with

  • rganizations that serve and

represent the community

  • Include organizations that

represent a broad cross- section of the community

  • Leverage existing forums and

collaborations

  • Develop a plan for addressing

gaps, including recruiting as needed

  • Develop and submit a proactive

Action Plan outlining the hospital’s engagement strategy and approach to the process

  • Include: organizations to be

engaged; forums to be utilized; strategies and activities; sources of information to be leveraged; and expected challenges and solutions

  • Include Letters of Support from

key community organizations

  • Leverage or host ongoing

discussions to complete and gather input on an environmental scan

  • Identify and discuss data and

sources of information, including CHNAs

  • Work with partners to identify

and describe the community and its challenges and needs, including specific to HTP priorities

  • Include opportunities for

bidirectional dialog scheduled at regular intervals, leverage a range of venues and pathways, and provide notice and follow- up communication

  • Submit a midpoint report on

the C/HN Engagement process, with a focus on engagement to-date, environmental scan findings, and plans going forward

  • Submit a final report on the

C/HN Engagement process, with a focus on engagement

  • verall, progress in planning

HTP participation, and plans for ongoing C/HN Engagement

June – October 2018 August 2018 – October 2018 October 2018 – April 2019 April –September 2019 April - October 2019

  • Engage priority stakeholders: RAEs, provider

and trade associations, health alliances, and

  • ther government agencies
  • Leverage stakeholders to communicate

expectations to community organizations; identify potential risks to C/HN Engagement process and mitigation strategies

June – October 2018

  • Release C/HN Engagement Guidebook
  • Launch web-based training series on C/HN

Engagement

  • Provide facilitated Q&A calls and one-on-one

TA calls as needed

  • Work with hospitals to refine and revise Action

Plans for the C/HN Engagement process

  • Work with participants on an ongoing basis to

ensure expectations are met and assist with navigating challenges and obstacles

August 2018 - September 2019

  • Review midpoint reports of the progress

and findings from the environmental scan and provide recommendations

  • Review final report of the stakeholder-

informed plans for HTP participation and provide recommendations

April - September 2019

Build partnerships Create an Action Plan Discuss needs &

  • pportunities in the

community Report on activities & findings Develop initiatives & an application

  • Leverage or host ongoing

discussions for providing input on needs and opportunities for HTP initiatives

  • Work with partners to prioritize

community needs, identify target populations and initiatives, and build partnerships for initiatives via an evidence-based and stakeholder-informed decision- making process

  • Include opportunities for

bidirectional dialog scheduled at regular intervals, leverage a range

  • f venues and pathways, and

provide notice and follow-up communication

Outreach and Stakeholder Engagement Provide Guidance and Technical Assistance Review Reporting

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Hospital Activities

  • Initiate or leverage

relationships with

  • rganizations that

serve and represent the community

  • Include organizations

that represent a broad cross-section of the community

  • Leverage existing

forums and collaborations

  • Develop a plan for

addressing gaps, including recruiting as needed

  • Develop and submit a

proactive Action Plan

  • utlining the hospital’s

engagement strategy and approach to the process

  • Include: organizations to

be engaged; forums to be utilized; strategies and activities; sources of information to be leveraged; and expected challenges and solutions

  • Include Letters of Support

from key community

  • rganizations
  • Leverage or host
  • ngoing discussions to

complete and gather input on an environmental scan

  • Identify and discuss

data and sources of information, including CHNAs

  • Work with partners to

identify and describe the community and its challenges and needs, including specific to HTP priorities

  • Include opportunities

for bidirectional dialog scheduled at regular intervals, leverage a range of venues and pathways, and provide notice and follow-up communication

  • Submit a midpoint

report on the C/HN Engagement process, with a focus on engagement to-date, environmental scan findings, and plans going forward

  • Submit a final report
  • n the C/HN

Engagement process, with a focus on engagement overall, progress in planning HTP participation, and plans for ongoing C/HN Engagement

June – October 2018 August 2018 – October 2018 October 2018 – April 2019 April –September 2019 April - October 2019

  • Leverage or host
  • ngoing discussions for

providing input on needs and opportunities for HTP initiatives

  • Work with partners to

prioritize community needs, identify target populations and initiatives, and build partnerships for initiatives via an evidence-based and stakeholder-informed decision-making process

  • Include opportunities for

bidirectional dialog scheduled at regular intervals, leverage a range of venues and pathways, and provide notice and follow-up communication

Report on activities and findings Develop initiatives and an application Discuss community and needs Create an Action Plan Build partnerships

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State Activities

  • Engage priority stakeholders:

RAEs, provider and trade associations, health alliances, and other government agencies

  • Leverage stakeholders to

communicate expectations to community organizations; identify potential risks to C/HN Engagement process and mitigation strategies

June – October 2018

  • Release C/HN Engagement

Guidebook

  • Launch web-based training series
  • n C/HN Engagement
  • Provide facilitated Q&A calls and
  • ne-on-one TA calls as needed
  • Work with hospitals to refine and

revise Action Plans for the C/HN Engagement process

  • Work with participants on an
  • ngoing basis to ensure

expectations are met and assist with navigating challenges and

  • bstacles

August 2018 - September 2019

  • Review midpoint reports of the

progress and findings from the environmental scan and provide recommendations

  • Review final report of the

stakeholder-informed plans for HTP participation and provide recommendations

April - September 2019

Outreach and Stakeholder Engagement Provide Guidance and Technical Assistance Review Reporting

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Community and Health Neighborhood Engagement Timeline

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PFMY18: C/HN Engagement Action Plan Development

2018 2019

Au g Ju n Jul Se p Oc t No v De c Ja n Fe b Ma r Apr Ma y Au g Ju n Jul Se p

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

PFMY 19 Pre-Waiver Period

Apr Ma y

Q3 Q4

PFMY*18

PFMY*18Q4 8/1/2018 Kickoff and Training PFMY19Q1 October 2018 Action Plans PFMY19Q3 April 2019 C/HN Engagement Midpoint Reports

Hospitals

PFMY19Q4 September – October 2019 C/HN Engagement Final Reports PFMY19: Pre-Waiver C/HN Engagement Process PFMY19Q3: Review Midpoint Reports and Work with Hospitals to Finalize PFMY19Q4: Review C/HN Engagement Final Reports PFMY19Q1: Review Action Plans and Work with Hospitals to Finalize *Provider Fee Model Year

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Questions and Discussion

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Contact Information

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Matt Haynes Special Finance Projects Manager Matt.Haynes@state.co.us

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Impacts of Submitting Crossover Claims as Other Insurance

Topics Covered

  • Legacy MMIS
  • New interChange
  • Provider Impacts
  • Department Impacts
  • Recovery Vendor Impacts

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Submitting Crossover in MMIS Legacy vs interChange

MMIS Legacy

  • Providers were instructed to submit Crossover

Claims as Non-Crossovers and submit Medicare Payments, Coinsurance & Deductible as commercial TPL interChange

  • Following the previously used method of

submission will cause several issues for Providers, Department Reporting, and for the State’s TPL and Medicare Recovery Vendor

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Provider Impacts

  • If a client has Part A, but Part A was exhausted

before/during the stay – submitting a Non- Crossover Inpatient Claim (Claim Type I) would cause an edit to set and the claim would be denied to bill to Medicare

  • COBA Providers would need to void COBA

submitted crossover claims to avoid duplicate claims audits from posting on the Provider submitted claim

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Department Impacts

  • Reporting of Crossover and Non-Crossover Claims

payments will be inaccurate for both Part B only and Part A exhausted Clients

  • With the launch of interChange, the claim’s engine

can now be configured to be in compliance with CMS

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Recovery Vendor Impacts

  • For Part B Only clients, submitting Claim Type I

with Medicare COB amounts as Commercial COB amounts will not allow the vendor to identify claims that should have legitimately been coordinated with commercial carriers.

  • Additionally the Recovery Vendor will not be able

to identify the claim as Medicare and may try to recover for Medicare on the Non-Crossover claim

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Observation (Services) 24-48 hours prior to Inpatient Stay

  • EOBs 1730 and 1731
  • An SCR has been submitted to DXC to allow From

Date to be up to 2 Days before Admit Date

  • Denied claims with payment dates 3/1/2017-

6/30/18 will be reprocessed

  • Example: client gets in the emergency room on February 10, 2018, but

he/she doesn’t get admitted as inpatient until February 12, 2018. Discharge date is February 20, 2018.

From Date: February 10, 2018

Admit Date: February 12, 2018

Reporting Covered (Inpatient) Days: 8 days (February 12, 2018 - February 20, 2018)

Reporting Non-covered Days: 2 days 40

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  • 1. How much can we spend this year and remain

budget neutral to FY2002-03?

A. FY16-17 discharges are adjusted by the claim Volume Inflator designated by The Department for FY16-17 (1 + -0.8%) and FY17-18 (1 + 1.13%) which is .32% this year. B. Case Mix Index (CMI) is calculated for each hospital’s FY16-17 discharges (Total DRG Weights/Total Discharges). C. FY2002-03 DRG Base Rates (adjusted by prior Budget Actions)

  • Note: this does not include the 1.0% increase that is proposed in this year’s

Long Bill.

How Inpatient Rates are Built

Calculation = A*B*C

Budget Year & Type of Action Total SFY 18-19 (Budget Neutral Amount) $828,205,765

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  • 2. Determine % of Medicare Rate

A. Input 10/1/2017 Medicare Base Rates – DSH + Medicaid Add-Ons for all PPS Hospitals. B. Average peer group rates are calculated and attributed to all Critical Access Hospitals (CAH), low discharge hospitals and new hospitals as necessary. C. Non-PPS Hospital Rates are entered with budget increase (1.0%) since we currently have no instituted methodology to update these rates. D. Run Goal Seek to find % of Medicare Rate that allows us to remain Budget Neutral to FY2002-03 Budget which is $828,205,765.

How Inpatient Rates are Built

Percent of Initial Medicare Rate SFY 18-19 At the Budget Neutral Amount 84.49%

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  • 3. Apply Budget Action to PPS Hospitals to arrive at

final percent of initial Medicare Rate

A. Apply Budget Action of 1.0% to Budget Neutral Amount B. Distribute resulting amount to all PPS Hospitals to arrive at total budget for FY2018-19 of $836,487,823.

How Inpatient Rates are Built

Budget Year & Type of Action Total SFY 18-19 Budget Action (1.0% increase) $8,282,058 Percent of Initial Medicare Rate SFY 18-19 With Budget Action/Legislative Increase of 1.0% 85.50%

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Hospital Rates Effective 7/1/2018

The SFY 18-19 Long Bill included a 1.0% rate increase effective this July 1. This 1.0% increase was added to the budget neutrality amount for SFY 18-19. The methodology for calculating the inpatient rates remains the same as previous years. Inpatient: Percent of Initial Medicare Rate: 85.50% State Plan Amendment Approval – Sometime in September/October

Percent of Initial Medicare Rate SFY 17-18 SFY 18-19 At the Budget Neutral Amount 83.27% 84.49% With Budget Action/Legislative Increase of 1.0% NA 85.50%

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  • There are about 100 DRG in-state hospitals enrolled with

Medicaid and the Budget Neutrality amount for SFY 2018-19 is ~$828 million.

  • The increase in budget is largely due to a significantly higher CMI

(Case Mix Index – so higher rated DRGs) rather than a significant increase in expected discharges for FY2018-19. Discharges were expected to grow by 9.5% last year while this year’s expected growth is only .32%.

  • For Medicaid rates effective July 1, 2018, the starting point is

the Medicare rate effective October 1, 2017.

Hospital Rates Effective 7/1/2018

Budget Year & Type of Action Total SFY 17-18 (w/1.4% Budget Action) $802,699,519 SFY 18-19 (Budget Neutral Amount) $828,205,765 SFY 18-19 Budget Action (1.0% increase) $8,282,058 Total SFY 18-19 w/Budget Action $836,487,823

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  • Overall, the average rate change reflects a 1.0% increase in addition to a

change in Medicare base rates between FFY 16 and FFY 17.

Hospital Rates Effective 7/1/2018

  • The final rates will not be loaded into the system

until the Department receives approval from

  • CMS. After which a mass adjustment will be done

to reprocess affected claims.

  • In the meantime, the current hospital rates will

be kept in place.

Decreases and increases for PPS hospitals are mostly due to fluctuations in the Initial Medicare base rate from last

  • year. The few Rural hospitals

that contribute to the peer group average experienced a decrease, while urban hospitals

  • verall experienced a increase.

The peer group average for specialty hospitals increased more than 1% because a hospital in the group closed.

Peer Group Avg 2017-18 Avg 2018-19 % Change Rural $7,054.07 $6,987.34

  • 0.95%

Urban $5,129.51 $5,390.68 5.09% Specialty $7,644.91 $7,870.53 2.95%

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Hospital Rates Effective 7/1/2018

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Hospital Rates Effective 7/1/2018

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Hospital Rates Effective 7/1/2018

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Hospital Rates Effective 7/1/2018

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Hospital Rates Effective 7/1/2018

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  • The rates we have shared today are exactly the same as they

were on July 3rd posting. We have added rates for two hospitals that were inadvertently missed in the first posting.

  • Hospitals can request the calculation of their inpatient

rate by contacting Diana Lambe at diana.lambe@state.co.us or 303.866.5526.

  • The Department posted updated rates with a restart of the 30

day review period on 7/13/2018.

Hospital Rates Effective 7/1/2018

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  • The Department has finished all Legacy Mass Adjustments relating

to ICD-10. Resulting in increased payments of ~$40,000.

Final Legacy Mass Adjustment Update

Reprocess INPATIENT ICD-10 PAID LEGACY CLAIMS Claim Type Claim Status Count % of Total I = Inpatient P 3,462 88.4% I = Inpatient S 325 8.3% A = Medicare Crossover P 130 3.3% A = Medicare Crossover S 14 0.4% Total 3,917 100.0% Paid ~92%

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  • Plans we have for the new fiscal year are:
  • Separate Baby on Mom’s Claim – currently working on
  • Possible switch to 3M National Weights afterward?
  • Inpatient Base Rate Reform
  • Explore using Medicare Federal Base Rate or Other Base Rate as

possible starting point for Medicaid Base Rate

  • Possible Peer Group Improvements: Urban/Rural Designation

Overhaul

  • Explore what Add-Ons would be necessary for a different base

rate:

  • Nursery
  • NICU
  • GME
  • Critical Access Hospitals
  • Quality Measures
  • Low Volume Payments
  • Etc.

Inpatient – Rate Reform

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Federal Base Rate as Possible Starting Point for Medicaid Base Rate

Hospital Name HOSPITAL 1 HOSPITAL 2 HOSPITAL 3 HOSPITAL 4

MEDICARE FEDERAL BASE RATE

OPERATING Labor Related Amount 3,805.30 3,760.40 3,389.78 3,349.79 Wage Index 1.0006 1.0006 0.9615 0.9615 Adjusted Labor Amount 3,807.58 3,762.66 3,259.27 3,220.82 Non-Labor Amount 1,662.09 1,642.48 2,077.61 2,053.09 OPERATING TOTAL 5,469.67 5,405.14 5,336.88 5,273.91 CAPITAL Standard Federal Rate 438.75 438.75 438.75 438.75 GAF 1.0004 1.0004 0.9735 0.9735 CAPITAL TOTAL 438.93 438.93 427.12 427.12

MEDICARE FEDERAL BASE RATE $5,908.60 $5,844.06 $5,764.01 $5,701.04 MEDICAID SPECIFIC ADD-ONS

Nursery $27.00 $6.00 $10.00 $0.00 NICU $0.00 $40.00 $0.00 $0.00 GME $40.00 $8.00 $0.00 $0.00 ?? $500.00 $0.00 $0.00 $400.00 ?? $0.00 $900.00 $0.00 $0.00 ?? $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $2,000.00 ?? $0.00 $0.00 $1,500.00 MEDICAID ADD-ON SUBTOTAL $567.00 $954.00 $1,510.00 $2,400.00

MEDICAID BASE RATE $6,475.60 $6,798.06 $7,274.01 $8,101.04

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Hospital Designations: Urban/Rural or Something Else?

Hospital Peer Groups: A grouping of hospitals for the purpose of cost comparison and determination of efficiency and economy. The peer groups are defined as follows: a. Pediatric Specialty Hospitals: all hospitals providing care exclusively to pediatric populations. b. Rehabilitation and Specialty-Acute Hospitals: all hospitals providing rehabilitation

  • r specialty-acute care (hospitals with average lengths of stay greater than 25

days). c. Rural Hospitals: Colorado Hospitals not located within a federally designated Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). d. Urban Hospitals: all Colorado hospitals in MSA's including those in the Denver MSA. Also included would be the Rural Referral Centers in Colorado, as defined by HCFA. (SSAS, 1886 (d) (5) (c) (I); Reg. 412.90 (c) and 412.96). Facilities which do not fall into the peer groups described in a. or b. will default to the peer groups described in c. and d. based on geographic location. Source: Colorado State Plan Attachment 4.19A

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Future Inpatient

➢ Medicaid Base Rate Examples to come in Novembers

meeting.

➢ Please send thoughts/examples ASAP of what kind of

base rate you think would work for inpatient.

➢ Also – any thoughts you have on what should be used to

determine peer groups and urban/rural designations.

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Information Resources

  • Inpatient Hospital Rates Webpage Link
  • Outpatient Hospital Rates Webpage Link
  • Hospital Engagement Meeting Webpage Link
  • UB-04: IP and OP Billing Manual Webpage Link

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Questions, Comments, & Solutions

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Elizabeth Quaife Specialty Hospital Rates Analyst Elizabeth.Quaife@state.co.us Ana Lucaci Hospital Policy Specialist Ana.Lucaci@state.co.us Raine Henry Hospital Policy Specialist Raine.Henry@state.co.us Jeremy Oat Operations Section Manager Jeremy.Oat@state.co.us Shane Mofford Payment Reform Section Manager Shane.Mofford@state.co.us Kevin Martin Fee for Service Rates Manager Kevin.Martin@state.co.us Diana Lambe Inpatient Hospital Rates Analyst Diana.Lambe@state.co.us Andrew Abalos Outpatient Hospital Rates Analyst Andrew.Abalos@state.co.us