§ 31-8-179.4 - (Repealed effective June 30, 2013) Collection; form; record maintenance; time for payment - Georgia Statutes

O.C.G.A. 31-8-179.4 (2010)
31-8-179.4. (Repealed effective June 30, 2013) Collection; form; record maintenance; time for payment

(a) The department shall collect the provider payments imposed pursuant to Code Section 31-8-179.3. All revenues raised pursuant to this article shall be deposited into the segregated account. Such funds shall be dedicated and used for the sole purpose of obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments to providers on behalf of Medicaid recipients pursuant to Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49.

(b) The department shall prepare and distribute a form upon which each hospital shall submit information to comply with this article.

(c) Each hospital shall keep and preserve for a period of three years such books and records as may be necessary to determine the amount for which it is liable under this article. The department shall have the authority to inspect and copy the records of a hospital for purposes of auditing the calculation of the provider payment. All information obtained by the department pursuant to this article shall be confidential and shall not constitute a public record.

(d) In the event the department determines that a hospital has underpaid or overpaid the provider payment, the department shall notify the hospital of the balance of the provider payment or refund that is due. Such payment or refund shall be due within 30 days of the department's notice.

(e) Any hospital that fails to pay the provider payment pursuant to this article within the time required by this article shall pay, in addition to the outstanding provider payment, a 6 percent penalty for each month or fraction thereof that the payment is overdue. If a provider payment has not been received by the department by the last day of the month, the department shall withhold an amount equal to the provider payment and penalty owed from any medical assistance payment due such hospital under the Medicaid program. The provider payment levied by this article shall constitute a debt due the state and may be collected by civil action and the filing of tax liens in addition to such methods provided for in this article. Any penalty that accrues pursuant to this subsection shall be credited to the segregated account.