Kan. Admin. Regs. § 30-5-81u

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 45, November 7, 2024

Section 30-5-81u - General hospital groups under the diagnosis-related group (DRG) reimbursement system

(a) Each general hospital participating in the Kansas medicaid/medikan program shall be assigned by the Kansas department of social and rehabilitation services to one of four groups. Each general hospital shall be annually notified by the department in writing of the hospital's group assignment.

(1) Each general hospital assigned to group one shall meet either of the following criteria:

(A) Be located within a metropolitan statistical area within the state of Kansas and have at least 200 general hospital inpatient beds; or

(B) be located within the state of Kansas and within 10 miles of a general hospital meeting the criteria specified in paragraph (a)(1)(A).

(2) Each general hospital assigned to group two shall meet one of the following criteria:

(A) Be located within a metropolitan statistical area in the state of Kansas and have fewer than 200 general hospital inpatient beds;

(B) be located outside of a metropolitan statistical area in the state of Kansas or its border cities and have at least 100 general hospital inpatient beds; or

(C) be located within the state of Kansas and within 10 miles of a general hospital meeting the criteria specified in paragraph (a)(2)(A) or (B).

(3) Each general hospital assigned to group four shall be located outside of the state of Kansas.

(4) A general hospital shall be assigned to group three if it does not meet the criteria specified in paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) above.

(5) A general hospital shall be assigned to group one if it meets the criteria for assignment to both group one and group two.

(b) General hospital group assignments shall be redetermined annually by the department based upon the criteria in subsection (a).

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 30-5-81u

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 39-708c; effective July 1, 1989; amended Dec. 29, 1995; amended, T-30-1-2-03, Jan. 2, 2003; amended April 18, 2003; amended March 18, 2005.