Section 148.444  Capital Needs Payments

a)         Qualifying criteria.  With the exception of a large public hospital, a general acute care hospital with a 2007 MIUR of 10% or greater qualifies for the Capital Needs payment.

b)         Payment.  Qualifying hospitals shall receive an annual payment that is the product of the hospital's Medicaid inpatient days and:

1)         The difference between the hospital's capital cost per diem and 75^th percentile for all hospitals, for hospitals with a 2007 MIUR of 0.3694 or greater with a capital cost per diem that is less than the 75^th percentile for all hospitals.

2)         The difference between the hospital's capital cost per diem and 60^th percentile for all hospital, for any other hospital

(Source:  Added by peremptory rulemaking at 33 Ill. Reg. 1538, effective December 30, 2008)