The commissioner shall establish trend factors for hospitals to project the effects of price movements on historical operating costs. Rates of payment excluding capital, as calculated pursuant to the provisions of this Subpart, shall be trended to the applicable rate year by the trend factors developed in accordance with the provisions of subdivision 10 of section 2807-c of the Public Health Law.
N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 10 §§ 86-1.24