995140                                                     
Florida Senate - 2019                                Committee       Amendment
SPB2500                                                 AHS             19SA


The Committee on Appropriations (Gibson) recommended the following 
SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT for 19 (995132):

Section: 03              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 052             Inserts proviso and provides $10,400,000 in funding 
                         from the General Revenue Fund in Specific 
Spec App:  200           Appropriation 200 for a statutory teaching hospital 
                         designated as a Level 1 trauma center and whose 
                         commercial to charity ratio exceeds 50 percent. 
                         Reduces $10,400,000 in general revenue funds from 
                         Specific Appropriation 203 and revises the proviso 
                         to reflect the reduction in funds.

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                               Positions & Amount   Positions & Amount
                                                     DELETE         INSERT

        AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
        Program: Health Care Services
        Medicaid Services To Individuals  68501400

        In Section 03  On Page 052
200     Special Categories  101321
        Grants And Aids - Shands Teaching                
        Hospital  IOEB

   1000   General Revenue Fund                     8,673,569     19,073,569
       CA 10,400,000  FSI1 10,400,000  

DELETE the proviso immediately following Specific Appropriation 200:

The  funds  in  Specific Appropriation 200 shall be primarily designated
for  transfer  to the Agency for Health Care Administration's Grants and
Donations  Trust Fund for use in the Medicaid program. Should the agency
be  unable  to use the full amount of these designated funds as Medicaid
match,  the  remaining  funds  may  be  used secondarily for payments to
Shands  Teaching  Hospital to continue the original purpose of providing
health  care  services  to  indigent  patients through Shands Healthcare
System.

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AND INSERT:

From the funds in Specific Appropriation 200, $8,673,569 from the 
General Revenue Fund and $1,000,000 from the Grants and Donations Trust 
Fund shall be primarily designated for transfer to the Agency for Health 
Care Administration's Grants and Donations Trust Fund for use in the 
Medicaid program. Should the agency be unable to use the full amount of 
these designated funds as Medicaid match, the remaining funds may be 
used secondarily for payments to Shands Teaching Hospital to continue 
the original purpose of providing health care services to indigent 
patients through Shands Healthcare System.

From the funds in Specific Appropriation 200, $10,400,000 from the 
General Revenue Fund is provided for a statutory teaching hospital as 
defined in s. 408.07(44), Florida Statutes, that is a Level 1 trauma 
center and whose commercial to charity ratio exceeds 50 percent.

        In Section 03  On Page 053
203     Special Categories  101582
        Hospital Inpatient Services  IOEE

   1000   General Revenue Fund                   238,914,580    228,514,580
       CA -10,400,000  FSI2 -10,400,000  

DELETE the following proviso in Specific Appropriation 203:

Base Rate - $3,888.25
Neonates Service Adjustor Severity Level 1 - 1.0
Neonates Service Adjustor Severity Level 2 - 1.52
Neonates Service Adjustor Severity Level 3 - 1.8
Neonates Service Adjustor Severity Level 4 - 2.0
Neonatal, Pediatric, Transplant Pediatric, Mental Health and
Rehab DRGs:
Severity Level 1 - 1.0
Severity Level 2 - 1.52
Severity Level 3 - 1.8
Severity Level 4 - 2.0
Free Standing Rehabilitation Provider Adjustor - 3.921
Rural Provider Adjustor - 2.093
Long Term Acute Care (LTAC) Provider Adjustor - 2.031
High Medicaid and High Outlier Provider Adjustor - 2.425
Outlier Threshold - $60,000
Marginal Cost Percentage - 60%
Marginal Cost Percentage for Pediatric Claims Severity
Levels 3 or 4 - 80%
Marginal Cost Percentage for Neonates Claims Severity
Levels 3 or 4 - 80%
Marginal Cost Percentage for Transplant Pediatric Claims
Severity Levels 3 or 4 - 80%

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Documentation and Coding Adjustment - 1/3 of 1% per year
Level I Trauma Add On - 17%
Level II or Level II and Pediatric Add On - 11%
Pediatric Trauma Add On - 4%

Funds  in  Specific Appropriations 203 and 207 reflect an elimination of
Hospital Inpatient and Hospital Outpatient Automatic Rate Enhancements
and redirect $123,473,619 from the General Revenue Fund and $195,744,629
from the Medical Care Trust Fund to the Diagnosis Related Grouping (DRG)
base rate and the Enhanced Ambulatory Patient Group (EAPG) base rate.

AND INSERT:

Base Rate - $3,861.32
Neonates Service Adjustor Severity Level 1 - 1.0
Neonates Service Adjustor Severity Level 2 - 1.52
Neonates Service Adjustor Severity Level 3 - 1.8
Neonates Service Adjustor Severity Level 4 - 2.0
Neonatal, Pediatric, Transplant Pediatric, Mental Health and
Rehab DRGs:
Severity Level 1 - 1.0
Severity Level 2 - 1.52
Severity Level 3 - 1.8
Severity Level 4 - 2.0
Free Standing Rehabilitation Provider Adjustor - 3.921
Rural Provider Adjustor - 2.102
Long Term Acute Care (LTAC) Provider Adjustor - 2.011
High Medicaid and High Outlier Provider Adjustor - 2.403
Outlier Threshold - $60,000
Marginal Cost Percentage - 60%
Marginal Cost Percentage for Pediatric Claims Severity
Levels 3 or 4 - 80%
Marginal Cost Percentage for Neonates Claims Severity
Levels 3 or 4 - 80%
Marginal Cost Percentage for Transplant Pediatric Claims
Severity Levels 3 or 4 - 80%
Documentation and Coding Adjustment - 1/3 of 1% per year
Level I Trauma Add On - 17%
Level II or Level II and Pediatric Add On - 11%
Pediatric Trauma Add On - 4%

Funds in Specific Appropriations 203 and 207 reflect an elimination of 
$123,473,619 from the General Revenue Fund and $195,744,629 from the 
Medical Care Trust Fund in Hospital Inpatient and Hospital Outpatient 
Automatic Rate Enhancements and redirects $113,073,619 from the General 
Revenue Fund and $195,744,629 from the Medical Care Trust Fund to the 
Diagnosis Related Grouping (DRG) base rate and the Enhanced Ambulatory 
Patient Group (EAPG) base rate.



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