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MHA Update
Western Michigan HFMA March 19, 2014
Vickie R. Kunz Senior Director, Health Finance Michigan Health & Hospital Association
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Who is the MHA?
• Advocacy organization representing all hospitals in Michigan.
• Activities include: – State advocacy on proposed legislation, including Medicaid funding and policy activities – Federal advocacy and policy on Medicare and Medicaid issues – MHA Keystone Center – Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Initiatives – BCBSM Contract Administration Process • Unique to Michigan 2
Payer Issues
• The role of the MHA is to assist in resolving systematic payer issues.
• Individual hospital contracts determine terms and conditions and take precedence.
• Communicate issues to Marilyn Litka-Klein or Vickie Kunz at the MHA. 3
Healthy Michigan Plan
• • • • • • • March 4 – MHA, MDCH and Enroll Michigan Partners Hosted First Healthy Michigan training via webinar – nearly 700 participants.
MHA working to finalize a toolkit for hospitals, health centers, and other stakeholders to assist them with reaching out to patients, educating staff and more.
Future webinars to be scheduled. Transition of ABW population in Healthy Michigan effective April 1.
MDCH goal of enrolling 322,000 individuals in 2014.
Patients, caregivers and others are encouraged to text “InfoMI” to 69866 to receive updates.
Updates available at www.enrollmichigan.com
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Healthy Michigan
• MDCH working on next CMS requirements • Single, coordinated effort by MDCH, MHA and other Enroll Michigan partners to educate and enroll – Activities will run approximately six months – Enrollment training for hospitals, others – Earned and paid media components 5
Healthy Michigan
• Focus of MHA and hospitals: – Support the MDCH outreach/enrollment plan –
Advocate for appropriation of $1.5 billion in federal funds needed to continue program in 2015
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Federally Facilitated Marketplace
• As of March 1, nationwide, 4.2 million have “enrolled” in a marketplace (state or federal) plan – 25% are ages 18-34 – 45% are male; 55% are female – 63% selected Silver plans; 11% Gold; 6% Platinum; just 18% bronze – 83% receiving premium assistance 7
Federally Facilitated Marketplace (FFM)
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Where does Michigan stand? Through March 1:
– 144,587 have selected a marketplace plan – 87% selected a Silver plan or higher – Role of cost-sharing subsidies in plan selection • Must buy silver plan and be at 250% FPL or lower to get cost sharing subsidies • 80% of those who received financial assistance selected a silver plan, which shows most are maximizing the potential impact of cost sharing reductions.
– 87% of enrollees getting premium assistance – 26% of Michigan enrollees are ages 18-34 8
Payment Limitation - Uninsured
• • • • E-Alert distributed Jan. 15 to CEOs, CFOs, and various other titles Healthy Michigan Plan includes a provision that hospitals cannot require payment for service of more than 115% of Medicare from certain uninsured individuals beginning March 14.
Law specifies that a hospital participating in the medical assistance program under the act and rending services to an uninsured individual shall accept 115% of Medicare rates as payment in full if their annual income level is up to 250% FPL.
See MHA Advisory Bulletin # 1352, dated Oct. 28, 2013, for guidance on methodology to calculate the effective Medicare payment rate. 9
Cont., Payment Limitation
• • • • MHA recommends: Hospitals be prepared to communicate their updated payment policies in the event they receive requests from patients, consumers or local media.
Hospital employees be prepared to direct all phone, email and in-person inquires to the appropriate individual or department who can respond to requests for payment estimates for the service requested. • Staff may consider answering “no more than Medicare rates plus 15% prior to the specific calculation for each patient.
Preparing hospital staff to answer similar inquires from patients in ER, observation, inpatient and outpatient settings of the hospital.
Updating hospital website contact as necessary to reflect these newly adopted policies.
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Cont., Payment Limitation
• • • • • Some hospitals are adding language to patient statements indicating that if patient is uninsured and annual income is <250% FPL, patient is eligible for a discount from billed charges and to contact the PFS department (or other designated area) for further information. • Provides additional time to calculate amount due from patient Some hospital have established “call centers” to answer pricing inquires for the most common procedures. To reduce administrative burden, some hospitals will discount the amount due from all uninsured patients regardless of income. For inpatient services, most hospitals have indicated they plan to calculate the payment amount on the specific discharge, and perhaps calculate some common ones in advance.
For outpatient services, some hospitals may use an average for discussion purposes, but the actual amount due to the patient cannot be an average. 11
IRS 501 (r) Proposed Regulations
• • Proposed federal regulations impose additional requirements on hospitals for maintaining tax-exempt status. • Regulations not yet finalized; date for finalization unknown.
Proposed regulations require: • A community health needs assessment (CHNA) must be conducted every 3 years.
• Adoption of a written financial assistance policy (FAP) by hospitals for emergency and other medically necessary care.
• Limits on the amount that hospitals can charge FAP-eligible individuals for emergency and other medically necessary services. • Limits on extraordinary collection actions including: • Reporting to credit agencies. • Selling an individual’s debt to another party and pursing a legal or judicial action against an individual.
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IRS 501 (r) Proposed Payment Limitations • Proposed regulations allow two methods for determining amounts generally billed (AGB), which is the limit for FAP-eligible individuals: • “look back” method – on an annual basis hospital would calculate an average percentage based on all claims that have paid in full to the hospital by either Medicare alone or Medicare and all private health insurers. • Includes deductibles/co-payments from patients • “Prospective Medicare “method – Hospitals determine AGB by using the same billing and coding process used for a Medicare FFS beneficiary, including the patient pay amounts. • Does not include Medicare Advantage. • Generally would be significantly lower than the “look back” method. 13
How Can Hospitals Be Prepared?
• Be ready to implement the federal regulations when finalized.
• Most believe there will be little change between proposed regulations and final regulations. • Hospitals are encouraged to review their existing FAP/charity care policies. • Healthy Michigan Law • IRS Regulations proposed, not yet final.
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Presumptive Eligibility
• ACA expands presumptive eligibility (PE) privileges for hospitals – Michigan currently allows PE just for pregnant women/children – ACA expands PE to other income-based groups (Healthy Michigan) – Expect roll-out of PE for Healthy Michigan in June – Working with MDCH to expedite 15
Presumptive Eligibility
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Use of third-party vendors still in question
– July 2013 final rule prohibited hospitals’ use of vendors in PE process – Strong advocacy of member hospitals, MHA, AHA –
CMS modified its position in January
– Michigan not yet complying with modified CMS guidelines; work to be done 16
Continued, Presumptive Eligibility
• MDCH offering training on the new healthcare coverage application for existing Medicaid programs.
• Second Monday of each month from 2-4 p.m.
• Register by emailing Laurthel Hayes at MAXIMUS, Michigan’s healthcare enrollment contractor. – Indicate which training session you’d like to participate in.
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Medicaid
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FY 2015 Executive Budget Recommendations
• Released by Governor Snyder Feb. 5.
• Maintains current hospital payment rates.
• Funds Healthy Michigan Plan.
• Does not include $36 million for special funding to small and rural hospitals • Does not include the $4.3 million “one-time appropriation” for Graduate Medical Education payments. • House and Senate developing their own versions – 19 June target for finalization.
Integrated Care Demonstration Project
• Phased-in implementation of pilot project expected to begin July 1, 2014, although a delay may occur.
• Hospitals responsible to negotiate payment parameters in their contracts. • Regional implementation – 4 regions comprised: – 8 SW counties – UP Macomb County Wayne County 20
Integrated Care Project – Cont.
• In December, the MSA announced the names of plans selected to serve as ICOs with plans currently conducting readiness reviews.
• Simultaneously, MSA is working to finalize an MOU with CMS to specify the conditions of Michigan’s wavier.
• Two separate capitation rates – One for Medicare, developed by CMS – One for Medicaid, developed by MSA • Hospitals required to negotiate contractual terms with individual plans.
– Default payment rates for non-contracted hospitals not yet defined.
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Integrated Care Forum
• April 8 in Kalamazoo.
• Available in person or by phone. 250 phone lines available • See March 17 MHA Monday Report for further info.
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ICD-10 Businesss-to-Business Testing
• See March 10 MHA Monday Report.
• Recent CMS announcement that there will be no further delays in the Oct. 1, 2014 implementation date.
• MHA strongly encourages hospitals to test ICD-10 claims processing with all payers.
• MDCH offering ICD-10 compliant B2B testing for providers pursuing CMS Level II compliance.
• Providers should test ICD-10 claims and inquiry transactions using the CHAMPS B2B system.
• Work with clearinghouses or billing agents • Submit claims using Michigan’s Single Sign-on (SSO) process 23
Summary of Hospital QAAP
• Available in MHA Advisory Bulletin # 1353 dated 11/25/13.
• Provides overview regarding payment allocation for each of the four programs.
– Medicaid Access to Care Initiative (MACI) - FFS – Hospital Rate Adjustment (HRA) - HMO – Outpatient Uncompensated Care DSH – Inpatient Psych HRA • The same tax base is used for all four programs.
• Data updated annually for both payments and tax.
– Can result in change in hospital net benefit/loss.
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Revised DSH Policy
• Based on its final policy released October 2012, MSA will use a multiple-step DSH process: – Step 1: Initial DSH calculation – Step 2: Interim DSH settlement – 2 years after payment – Step 3: Final DSH audit-related redistribution – 3 years after payment 25
DSH Payments and Audits
• Beginning with FY 2011 DSH payments: • payments will be recalculated and redistributed using actual hospital data during Step 2.
(Key change from past) • hospitals subject to DSH payment recoveries if audits indicate DSH payments exceeded their actual DSH limits. • Audit reports available on MSA’s website for FY 2010 and prior years.
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DSH Audits – Cont.
• FY 2010 results indicate that a number of hospitals would have experienced DSH payment recoveries.
• 21 hospitals would have had recoveries of $60 million.
• Includes $13 million in Governmental DSH payments to 6 public hospitals.
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DSH Audits – Cont.
• All Medicaid DSH payments must be considered included in the calculation including: • $45 million regular DSH pool • $69.6 million tax funded OP Uncomp DSH pool • Indigent Care Agreement (ICA) DSH • Governmental hospital DSH 28
FY 2011 & 2012 DSH Calculations
• FY 2011 Step 2 - MSA released data in early February and rescinded due to issues identified by hospitals.
• Revised data expected in the next few weeks.
• MHA hosted DSH education session March 18.
• Recording will be available via MHA Monday Report.
• FY 2012 Step 2 – MSA will complete once FY 2011 Step 2 is done.
• See March 13 E-Alert regarding 2012 data review.
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FY 2011 DSH Audits
• Data requests sent to hospitals in late February.
• Request mirrors FY 2010 data request.
• Requested documentation due to Myers and Stauffer April 15.
• Accounts still active for hospitals that had an FTP account last year.
• Contact Tammy Zimmerman if you do not have an FTP account or need your login credentials.
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Medicare
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Wage Index Appeals
• April 16 - Deadline for hospitals to appeal FI/MAC determinations and request CMS’ intervention.
• Send an electronic copy of the appeal with complete documentation to [email protected]
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• Send hard copy to CMS Central Office. See address page 13 of BHC workbook.
• Final FY 2015 AWI effective Oct. 1, 2014.
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Occupational Mix Survey
• Will collect calendar year 2013.
• Due to CMS July 1, 2014.
• Survey identical to 2010.
• Will be used to adjust FY 2016, 2017, and 2018 AWI.
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FY 2015 Wage Index
• CMS intends to use 2010 census data which resulted in changes for Michigan: – Holland/Grand Haven CBSA is eliminated – Ottawa County becomes part of the Grand Rapids/Wyoming CBSA – Addition of Midland CBSA – previously rural (micropolitan) 34
Cost Report Appeal Items
• See MHA E-Alert from Jan. 9, 2014, regarding the legal challenge of the 0.2 percent payment cut implemented in the FY 2014 IPPS final rule.
– CMS “Two-Midnight Policy” • AHA believes hospitals can appeal this issue up to 180 days after issuance of an NPR for FY 2014 if the hospital reflected the estimated impact of the 0.2 percent cut as a protested item on filed cost report.
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Federal Activity Ongoing
• 24% physician cut delayed to March 31.
– Long-term funding?
• Hospitals remain target for additional cuts 36
Medicare Payment Challenges
• • • • • Absent Congressional action, 2% sequestration across-the board cut continues through FY 2023. 2% reduction to annual rate update if hospital fails to comply with quality reporting program requirements.
Readmissions Reduction Program – Hospitals at risk for up to 2% payment penalty, increasing to 3% in FY 2015.
Value Based Purchasing – 1.25% payment withhold, hospitals can earn back that amount, earn more or earn less.
• 1.25% withhold increases to 2% for FY 2017 and beyond Hospital Acquired Condition (HAC) reduction program – 1% reduction to 25% of hospitals nationally.
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Medicare Advantage Plans
• • • • • • As of January 2014, 28 plans in Michigan, with 514,000 or approximately 29% of Michigan’s 1.8 million Medicare beneficiaries enrolled.
− Up to 29 plans in some counties.
Review MA payment rate for all plans.
CAH entitled to Medicare cost reimbursement.
Each MA plan may determine own utilization model and is not required to maintain electronic transactions.
Many MA have instituted “RAC-like” utilization programs.
Matrix of MA plans by county available at MHA website – updated quarterly, with MHA Monday Report article. − Jan. 27 Monday Report.
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???Questions???
Vickie Kunz Senior Director, Health Finance Michigan Health & Hospital Association 110 West Michigan Avenue, Suite 1200 Lansing, MI 48933 Phone: (517) 703-8608 Fax: (517) 703-8637 email: [email protected]
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