PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE:
Proposed Amendment Relating to the Disproportionate Share Hospital
Reimbursement Methodology
May 18, 2012
9 a.m.
Meeting Site:
William B. Travis State Office Building
Room 1-111
1701 N. Congress Ave.
Austin
Hearing.The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) will conduct a second public hearing to receive comments on its proposed changes to the administrative rule codified in Title 1 of the Texas Administrative code, §355.8065, relating to the Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Reimbursement Methodology. The proposed amendment to the rule was published in the Texas Register on April 20, 2012 (37 TexReg 2823). (The Medical Care Advisory Committee meeting on Thursday, May 10, 2012, functions as the first public hearing. Notice of the first hearing appeared in the Texas Register on April 20, 2012, in the Preamble to the proposed rule. See 37 Tex. Reg. @ 2826.) People requiring American with Disabilities Act accommodation or auxiliary aids or services should contact Esther Brown at 512-491-1358 at least 72 hours before the hearing so appropriate arrangements can be made.
Proposal. The proposed amendment includes changes to the methodology for allocating DSH funds, which is being proposed by HHSC in response to a petition for adoption of a rule that was submitted to HHSC by the Texas Coalition of Transferring Hospitals (TCTH). TCTH hospitals provide funding for the non-federal share of payments to all hospitals under the DSH program. Additional proposed changes (1) delete language pertaining to calculation of the hospital-specific limit, which was moved to another proposed rule; and (2) clarify current rule language and administrative processes. The proposed changes are more fully summarized in the Preamble to the proposed rule, published in the Texas Register on April 20, 2012. See 37 TexReg 2823, 2826.
Written Comments. Written comments regarding the proposed payment rates may be submitted instead of, or in addition to, oral testimony until 5 p.m. the day of the hearing. Written comments may be sent by U.S. mail, overnight mail, special delivery mail, hand delivery, fax, or email:
U.S. Mail
Attention: Diana Miller
HHSC Rate Analysis, Mail Code H-400
P.O. Box 85200
Austin, Texas 78708-5200
Overnight mail, special delivery mail or hand delivery
Attention: Diana Miller
HHSC Rate Analysis, Mail Code H-400
Braker Center, Building H
11209 Metric Blvd.
Austin, Texas 78758-4021
Phone number for package delivery: 512-491-1445
Fax
Attention: Diana Miller at 512-491-1998
People requiring Americans with Disabilities Act accommodation, auxiliary aids or services should contact Esther Brown at 512-491-1445 at least 72 hours before the hearing so appropriate arrangements can be made.