E.. For inpatient services with a date of discharge from October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024 (CYE 2024), the Inpatient Differential Adjusted Payment is the sum of the final DRG base payment and the final DRG outlier add-on payment multiplied by a percentage published on the Administration's public website as part of its fee schedule, subsequent to the public notice published no later than September 1, 2023. A hospital will qualify for an increase if it meets the criteria specified below for the applicable hospital subtype. If a hospital receives a DAP for CYE 2024 but fails to meet all of the requirements in subsection (F), the hospital shall be disqualified from participating in a DAP for dates of service October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2025 (CYE 2025), if a DAP would be available at that time.
1. A hospital designated by the Arizona Department of Health Services Division of Licensing Services as type: hospital, subtype: short-term or children's will qualify for an increase if it meets the criteria in subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), or (d): a. No later than April 1, 2023, the hospital must have in place an active participation agreement with the Health Information Exchange (HIE) organization and submit a signed Health Information Exchange Statement of Work (HIE SOW) to the HIE. The HIE SOW must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding National Provider Identifier(s) (NPI), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP. i. No later than May 1, 2023, the hospital must have actively accessed, and continue to access on an ongoing basis, patient health information via the HIE organization, utilizing one or more HIE services, such as the HIE Portal, ADT Alerts, Clinical Notifications, or an interface that delivers patient data into the hospital's system.ii. No later than May 1, 2023, hospitals that utilize external reference labs for any lab result processing must submit necessary provider authorization forms to the HIE organization, if required by the external reference lab, to have all outsourced lab test results flow to the HIE on their behalf.iii. No later than May 1, 2023, the hospital must electronically submit the following actual patient identifiable information to the production environment of the HIE organization: admission, discharge, and transfer information (generally known as ADT information), including data from the hospital emergency department if the provider has an emergency department; laboratory and radiology information (if the provider has these services); transcription; medication information; immunization data; and discharge summaries that include, at a minimum, discharge orders, discharge instructions, active medications, new prescriptions, active problem lists (diagnosis), treatments and procedures conducted during the stay, active allergies, and discharge destination.iv. No later than May 1, 2023, the hospital must have or obtain a unique Object Identifier (OID) created by a registration authority, the hospital, and Health Level Seven (HL7). The OID is a globally unique International Organization for Standardization identifier for the hospital. Contact the HIE's Quality Improvement Team for instructions and to ensure the hospital is compliant.v. No later than July 1, 2023, the hospital must sign a DAP SOW amendment to include HIE integration requirements. Which will include the steps and expectations and timeline to transition to the hospital's HIE connection to the new HIE platform. The hospital must continue to meet the HIE integration requirements through September 30, 2024.b. No later than April 1, 2023, the hospital must submit a signed Health Information Exchange Statement of Work (HIE SOW) indicating AzHDR participation to the HIE. The HIE SOW must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding NPI(s), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP. i. For hospitals that have participated in DAP HIE requirements in CYE 2023: (1) No later than September 30, 2023, initiate use of the AzHDR platform operated by the HIE organization.(2) After all the onboarding requirements have been met and the provider has access to the platform (Go-Live), the hospital must regularly utilize the AzHDR platform which will be measured by facilitating at least 10 patient document uploads or queries of advance directives per month per registered AHCCCS ID from the Go-Live date through September 30, 2024. Both uploads entered into the system and queries of the system by the hospital will be counted toward volume requirements, tracked monthly, and reported as a final deliverable by June 1, 2024. Uploading is defined by submitting a document or multiple documents for a patient into the registry and a query is defined as querying for documents within the Registry.ii. For hospitals that have not participated in DAP HIE requirements in CYE 2023: (1) No later than November 1, 2023, complete the AzHDR Participant Agreement, and(2) No later than April 1, 2024, have onboarding completed by working with the HIE to submit all HIE requirements prior to gaining access to the platform.c. No later than April 1, 2023, the hospital must submit a signed Health Information Exchange Statement of Work (HIE SOW) and the Community Cares Access Agreement indicating SDOH participation to the HIE organization. The HIE SOW must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding NPI(s), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP.i. For hospitals that have participated in DAP SDOH requirements in CYE 2023: (1) No later than September 30, 2023, initiate use of the Community Cares referral system operated by the HIE organization.(2) No later than May 1, 2024: After all the onboarding requirements have been met and the provider has access to the system and through September 30, 2024, the hospital must regularly utilize the Community Cares referral system operated by the HIE organization. This will be measured by facilitating at least 10 referrals per month per registered AHCCCS ID that resulted from utilizing the social-needs screening tool in Community Cares. The referral is created by the provider or support staff member and sent directly to a social service provider. All referrals entered into the system by the hospital will be counted toward volume requirements, tracked monthly, and reported as a final deliverable by June 1, 2024.ii. For hospitals that have not participated in DAP SDOH requirements in CYE 2023: (1) No later than November 1, 2023, complete the Community Cares Access Agreement and the HIE Participant Agreement, as required, and(2) No later than April 1, 2024, have onboarding completed by working with the HIE to submit all HIE requirements prior to gaining access to the system.d. No later than April 30, 2023, the hospital must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) to AHCCCS to the following email address: AHCCCSDAP@azahcccs.gov, indicating that they will participate in the Naloxone Distribution Program (NDP). The LOI must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding NPI(s), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP. i. No later than November 30, 2023, develop and submit a facility policy that meets AHCCCS/ADHS standards for a NDP.ii. No later than January 1, 2024, begin distribution of Naloxone to individuals at risk of overdose as identified through the facility's policy.2. A hospital designated by the Arizona Department of Health Services Division of Licensing Services as type: hospital, subtype: critical access hospital will qualify for an increase if it meets this criteria specified in subsection (2)(a), (b), (c) or (d): a. No later than April 1, 2023, the hospital must have in place an active participation agreement with the Health Information Exchange (HIE) organization and submit a signed Health Information Exchange Statement of Work (HIE SOW) to the HIE. The HIE SOW must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding National Provider Identifier(s) (NPI), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP. i. No later than May 1, 2023, the hospital must have actively accessed, and continue to access on an ongoing basis, patient health information via the HIE organization, utilizing one or more HIE services, such as the HIE Portal, ADT Alerts, Clinical Notifications, or an interface that delivers patient data into the hospital's system.ii. No later than May 1, 2023, hospitals that utilize external reference labs for any lab result processing must submit necessary provider authorization forms to the HIE organization, if required by the external reference lab, to have all outsourced lab test results flow to the HIE on their behalf.iii. No later than May 1, 2023, the hospital must electronically submit the following actual patient identifiable information to the production environment of the HIE organization: admission, discharge, and transfer information (generally known as ADT information), including data from the hospital emergency department if the provider has an emergency department; laboratory and radiology information (if the provider has these services); transcription; medication information; immunization data; and discharge summaries that include, at a minimum, discharge orders, discharge instructions, active medications, new prescriptions, active problem lists (diagnosis), treatments and procedures conducted during the stay, active allergies, and discharge destination.iv. No later than May 1, 2023, the hospital must have or obtain a unique Object Identifier (OID) created by a registration authority, the hospital, and Health Level Seven (HL7). The OID is a globally unique International Organization for Standardization identifier for the hospital. Contact the HIE's Quality Improvement Team for instructions and to ensure the hospital is compliant.v. No later than July 1, 2023, the hospital must sign a DAP SOW amendment to include HIE integration requirements. Which will include the steps and expectations and timeline to transition to the hospital's HIE connection to the new HIE platform. The hospital must continue to meet the HIE integration requirements through September 30, 2024.b. No later than April 1, 2023, the hospital must submit a signed Health Information Exchange Statement of Work (HIE SOW) indicating AzHDR participation to the HIE. The HIE SOW must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding NPI(s), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP. i. For hospitals that have participated in DAP HIE requirements in CYE 2023: (1) No later than September 30, 2023, initiate use of the AzHDR platform operated by the HIE organization.(2) After all the onboarding requirements have been met and the provider has access to the platform (Go-Live), the hospital must regularly utilize the AzHDR platform which will be measured by facilitating at least 10 patient document uploads or queries of advance directives per month per registered AHCCCS ID from the Go-Live date through September 30, 2024. Both uploads entered into the system and queries of the system by the hospital will be counted toward volume requirements, tracked monthly, and reported as a final deliverable by June 1, 2024. Uploading is defined by submitting a document or multiple documents for a patient into the registry and a query is defined as querying for documents within the Registry.ii. For hospitals that have not participated in DAP HIE requirements in CYE 2023: (1) No later than November 1, 2023, complete the AzHDR Participant Agreement, and(2) No later than April 1, 2024, have onboarding completed by working with the HIE to submit all HIE requirements prior to gaining access to the platform.c. No later than April 1, 2023, the hospital must submit a signed Health Information Exchange Statement of Work (HIE SOW) and the Community Cares Access Agreement indicating SDOH participation to the HIE organization. The HIE SOW must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding NPI(s), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP. i. For hospitals that have participated in DAP SDOH requirements in CYE 2023: (1) No later than September 30, 2023, initiate use of the Community Cares referral system operated by the HIE organization.(2) No later than May 1, 2024: After all the onboarding requirements have been met and the provider has access to the system and through September 30, 2024, the hospital must regularly utilize the Community Cares referral system operated by the HIE organization. This will be measured by facilitating at least 10 referrals per month per registered AHCCCS ID that resulted from utilizing the social-needs screening tool in Community Cares. The referral is created by the provider or support staff member and sent directly to a social service provider. All referrals entered into the system by the hospital will be counted toward volume requirements, tracked monthly, and reported as a final deliverable by June 1, 2024.ii. For hospitals that have not participated in DAP SDOH requirements in CYE 2023: (1) No later than November 1, 2023, complete the Community Cares Access Agreement and the HIE Participant Agreement, as required, and(2) No later than April 1, 2024, have onboarding completed by working with the HIE to submit all HIE requirements prior to gaining access to the system.d. No later than April 30, 2023, the hospital must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) to AHCCCS to the following email address: AHCCCSDAP@azahcccs.gov, indicating that they will participate in the Naloxone Distribution Program (NDP). The LOI must contain each facility, including AHCCCS ID(s) and corresponding NPI(s), that the hospital requests to participate in the DAP. i. No later than November 30, 2023, develop and submit a facility policy that meets AHCCCS/ADHS standards for a NDP.ii. No later than January 1, 2024, begin distribution of Naloxone to individuals at risk of overdose as identified through the facility's policy.