Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB732: Establish prompt cost report reimbursement act
Status: Signed into law, May 13, 2025
What the bill says
An act establishing the prompt cost report reimbursement act; generally revising the retroactive adjustment process by the department of public health and human services for cost reports submitted by critical access hospitals; providing an appropriation; and providing an immediate effective date and a retroactive applicability date.".
From the engrossed text:
AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PROMPT COST REPORT REIMBURSEMENT ACT; GENERALLY REVISING THE RETROACTIVE ADJUSTMENT PROCESS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOR COST REPORTS SUBMITTED BY CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS; PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE AND A RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY DATE." WHEREAS, critical access hospitals in Montana participating in the Montana Medicaid program are reimbursed for medical services provided to their communities based on the cost of delivering these services; and WHEREAS, to effectuate this reimbursement, the critical access hospital submits a cost report to the applicable Medicare administrative contractor identifying the cost of services, which forms the basis for settling interim payments to ensure the Medicare and Medicaid programs have paid the proper amount in reimbursement; and WHEREAS, the Medicare program performs an interim settlement upon the filing of a cost report with the applicable Medicare administrative contractor; and WHEREAS, a Medicare administrative contractor periodically performs a desk audit to review previously filed cost reports, and Medicare will perform an additional adjustment as required based upon the final desk audit; and WHEREAS, the Montana Medicaid program does not perform initial settlements upon the filing of the cost report and instead waits to settle cost reports until the Medicare administrative contractor has performed the final desk audit; and WHEREAS, Montana Medicaid's practice of waiting to …
Sponsors
- Bedey, David (R, 86) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chapter Number Assigned
- : (H) Signed by Governor
- : (H) Transmitted to Governor
- : (S) Signed by President
- : (H) Signed by Speaker
- : (H) Returned from Enrolling
- : (H) Sent to Enrolling
- : (H) 3rd Reading Senate Amendments
- : (H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
- : (H) 2nd Reading Senate Amendments
Votes
- Do Concur (April 18, 2025): 98 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 17, 2025): 69 yea, 30 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 8, 2025): 48 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Concur (April 5, 2025): 43 yea, 3 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 7, 2025): 99 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 5, 2025): 98 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Appropriations, State Finance, Health Care Services
Common questions
- What is HB732?
- HB732 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Establish prompt cost report reimbursement act.
- What does HB732 do?
- In its own words: An act establishing the prompt cost report reimbursement act; generally revising the retroactive adjustment process by the department of public health and human services for cost reports submitted by critical access hospitals; providing an appropriation; and providing an immediate effective date and a retroactive applicability date.".
- What is the status of HB732?
- Signed into law as of May 13, 2025. Latest action: Chapter Number Assigned (May 13, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB732?
- Bedey, David (R, 86).
- Where is the official record for HB732?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC4251
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