BEFORE THE Department of PUBLIC

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

OF THE STATE OF MONTANA

 

In the matter of the amendment of ARM 37.40.815, 37.40.816, and 37.40.830 pertaining to hospice rate increase

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NOTICE OF AMENDMENT

 

TO: All Concerned Persons

 

1. On December 6, 2019, the Department of Public Health and Human Services published MAR Notice No. 37-900 pertaining to the public hearing on the proposed amendment of the above-stated rules at page 2200 of the 2019 Montana Administrative Register, Issue Number 23.

 

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

 

           3. No comments or testimony were received.

 

           4. The department intends to apply increases in the hospice reimbursement rates retroactively to October 1, 2019.  Decreases in hospice rates will not be applied retroactively, but will be effective upon adoption of the proposed rule amendments.

 

 

/s/ Robert Lishman                                      /s/ Sheila Hogan                                         

Robert Lishman                                           Sheila Hogan, Director

Rule Reviewer                                             Public Health and Human Services

 

Certified to the Secretary of State January 7, 2020.