North Carolina S177 adjusts hospital assessments to include freestanding psychiatric hospitals in the Medicaid Healthcare Access and Stabilization.

North Carolina S177 modifies hospital assessments to include freestanding psychiatric hospitals in the Medicaid Healthcare Access and Stabilization Program (HASP). This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a request to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to include these hospitals in HASP. If approved by CMS, the bill provides increased reimbursements to qualifying freestanding psychiatric hospitals through hospital assessments.

North Carolina S177 adjusts hospital assessments to include freestanding psychiatric hospitals in the Medicaid Healthcare Access and Stabilization.

North Carolina S177 modifies hospital assessments to include freestanding psychiatric hospitals in the Medicaid Healthcare Access and Stabilization Program (HASP). This bill authorizes the Department of Health and Human Services to submit a request to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to include these hospitals in HASP. If approved by CMS, the bill provides increased reimbursements to qualifying freestanding psychiatric hospitals through hospital assessments.