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MSAR & Medicaid rate setting
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Brian O’Reilly, [email protected]
Presenters
Bryant Macaraeg, [email protected]
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› Introduction› Types of Foster Care Reimbursement› MSAR Rate Setting › Analyzing MSAR Reimbursement› Medicaid Rate Setting
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Maximum State Aid Rates (MSAR)& Medicaid Rate Setting
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› Foster Care is Multiple programs & funding Methodologies• Maximum State Aid Rate (MSAR) Programs
› Prospective cost reimbursement & reconciled to actual cost
› FBH (Regular, Special Needs, Therapeutic and Emergency)
› Group (GH, GR, Institution)
› Special Payments
• Medical Services – Prospective cost reimbursed› Can retain surpluses – Rates will drop in future years
• Preventive Services – Contract
• Independent Living – Fee based program
› How you are reimbursed affects how you manage a program
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Types of Foster Care Reimbursement
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› Managing within prospective reimbursed
• Spending in the base years
• Spending in categories that will be funded
• Track spending against rate
• Maintain units of service
› Managing within contract reimbursement
• Monitor spending within the contract amount – spend on specific items
› File budget modifications
› Agency Admin and submitting for ICR rates
› Managing within fee based programs
• Keep spending down
• Keep units of service up
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Managing Within Specific Methodologies
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› Cost reported on SSOP 2 years earlier• Three basic cost categories (Direct Care, Prop/Maint, Admin)
• Importance of accuracy of reporting by category
› Trended to current year
› Subject to Parameters• These calculations are the key to reimbursement
› Fiscal interchange & Property Cost Transfer Policy
› Reduced by Applied Income
› Divided by Adjusted Care Days
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MSAR Rate Setting – Basic
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› Items that impact rate setting• Correct reporting of expenses by cost category
• Correct reporting of Special Payments
• Number and breakdown of care days› Regular, Special, Exceptional, Emergency, AIDS
› Impact on the billing per diem
› Impact on the Parameter calculation
• Social Service and Child Care Parameters
• Number of finalized adoptions› Impact on the parameter calculation
• Program Type
• Location
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MSAR Rate Setting – FBH
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› Items that impact rate setting• Correct reporting of expenses by cost category
• Program Type
• Program Classification
• Number of care days
• Capacity
• Average Unit Size
• County/Location
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MSAR Rate Setting – Group Care
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› Check rates received for accuracy• Trace expenses, care days and program capacities to SSOP
• Correct program type and Classification score
› Determine the impact of rates on the agency• Also analyze components of the rate
› Social Services Worker FTE
› Social Services Supervisor FTE
› Compensation standard
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Analyzing MSAR Reimbursement
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› Track current year expenditures and utilization levels against reimbursement by rate component
• Retroactive settlement
• Calculate impact of current year expenses and Units using MSAR methodology
› Monitor and track program enrollment and type of care day• Impact of different care days on parameters
• Changes in makeup of children served (i.e. regular or exceptional) can impact net reimbursement
• Low enrollments impact of Utilization adjustment
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Analyzing MSAR Reimbursement
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› Cost from Medical Services Expenditure Report• Three basic cost categories (Direct Medical, Admin, Pass Thru)
› Divided by Care Days
› Trended to current year
› Compared to Standard
› Determines Rate Base
› Determines final Rate Base
› Foster care rates are blended
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Medicaid Rate Setting – Basics
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› Items that affect Reimbursement• Correct reporting of expenses by cost category
› Direct Medical vs. Pass Thru› Administration
• Number of care days
• Correct program type › Regular vs. special programs› Hard To Place
• Location
› Impact of Provider’s Per Diem on Transition Payments
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Medicaid Rate Setting – Basics
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Brian O’Reilly, CPAPartner | BKD1155 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 1200New York, NY 10036-2711212.867.4000 Ext. [email protected]
Bryant Macaraeg, CPAPartner | BKD1155 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 1200New York, NY 10036-2711212.867.4000 Ext. [email protected]
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