BEFORE THE Department of PUBLIC

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

OF THE STATE OF MONTANA

 

In the matter of the amendment of ARM 37.40.801, 37.40.805, 37.40.806, 37.40.807, 37.40.808, 37.40.815, 37.40.816, 37.40.825, and 37.40.830 pertaining to hospice reimbursement and updates

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NOTICE OF AMENDMENT

 

TO: All Concerned Persons

 

1. On May 6, 2016, the Department of Public Health and Human Services published MAR Notice No. 37-747 pertaining to the public hearing on the proposed amendment of the above-stated rules at page 807 of the 2016 Montana Administrative Register, Issue Number 9.

 

2. The department has amended the above-stated rules as proposed.

 

          3. No comments or testimony were received.

 

          4. The department proposes to apply increases in the hospice reimbursement rates retroactively to January 1, 2016. The implementation date of the rate increase is consistent with the federal approval of the hospice reimbursement rate fee increase and the effective dates of the promulgated federal regulations. Decreases in hospice rates will not be applied retroactively, but will be effective upon adoption of the proposed rule amendment.

 

 

/s/ Shannon L. McDonald                       /s/ Richard H. Opper                            

Shannon L. McDonald                           Richard H. Opper, Director

Rule Reviewer                                       Public Health and Human Services

 

Certified to the Secretary of State June 27, 2016.