WAC 388-550-5150   Payment method--General assistance-unemployable disproportionate share hospital (GAUDSH).  (1) A hospital is eligible for the general assistance-unemployable disproportionate share hospital (GAUDSH) payment if the hospital:

     (a) Meets the criteria in WAC 388-550-4900;

     (b) Is an in-state or designated bordering city hospital;

     (c) Provides services to clients eligible under the medical care services program; and

     (d) Has a medicaid inpatient utilization rate (MIPUR) of one percent or more.

     (2) The department determines the GAUDSH payment for each eligible hospital in accordance with WAC 388-550-4800.

     (3) The department makes GAUDSH payments to a hospital on a claim-specific basis.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.500. 07-14-090, § 388-550-5150, filed 6/29/07, effective 8/1/07; 06-08-046, § 388-550-5150, filed 3/30/06, effective 4/30/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.500, 74.09.035(1), and43.88.290 . 03-13-055, § 388-550-5150, filed 6/12/03, effective 7/13/03. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.730, chapter 74.46 RCW and 42 U.S.C. 1396r-4. 99-14-025, § 388-550-5150, filed 6/28/99, effective 7/1/99. Statutory Authority: RCW 74.08.090, 74.09.730, 74.04.050, 70.01.010, 74.09.200, [74.09.]500, [74.09.]530 and 43.20B.020. 98-01-124, § 388-550-5150, filed 12/18/97, effective 1/18/98.]