Legislative Approval — Site-Neutral Payments

TITLE 56 PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE CHAPTER 22 LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL FOR MEDICAID STATE PLAN AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS 56-2207. legislative approval — site-neutral payments. The department of health and welfare is authorized to seek and shall submit a state plan amendment by July 1, 2026, that sets reimbursement rates for hospital-acquired physician practices at the same rate as physician-owned medical practices for all equivalent outpatient health services where the service is not dependent on the hospital facility’s associated technologies and in the absence of any evidence-based rationale. The department shall except critical access hospitals and rural emergency hospitals to the extent allowable.