Section 127.120. RCCs—comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities (CORFs) and outpatient physical therapy centers

(a) Except as noted in subsection (c), payments for services listed in § 127.117(3) and (4) (relating to outpatient acute care providers, specialty hospitals and other cost reimbursed providers not subject to the Medicare fee schedule) relating to CORFs and outpatient physical therapy centers, shall be calculated as follows: the provider’s charge shall be multiplied by the applicable RCC which then shall be multiplied by 113%.

(b) In situations where the most recent audited Medicare cost report is for the fiscal year ending on or after April 30, 1993, and where the CORF or outpatient physical therapy center is reimbursed by Medicare using the HCFA Form 2088-92, the RCC to be used for the calculation in subsection (a) shall be the same RCC used by the Medicare Program for determining reimbursements at Worksheet C, Column 2.

(c) In situations where the most recent audited cost report is for the fiscal year ending before April 30, 1993, and where the CORF or outpatient physical therapy center is reimbursed by Medicare using the HCFA 2088 form, the payment method to be used shall be as follows:

(1) For providers whose basis of Medicare apportionment is gross charges, the RCC shall be developed by dividing the total departmental cost for each therapy department on line 4 of Schedule C and by the total charges for each therapy department on line 1 of Schedule C. Payments then shall be calculated in accordance with subsection (a).

(2) For providers whose basis of Medicare apportionment is therapy visits, the payment rate shall be based on the average cost per visit, developed by dividing the total departmental cost for each therapy department on line 4 of Schedule C by the total visits for each therapy department on line 1 of Schedule C. Payments for services shall then be calculated as follows: the average cost per visit shall be multiplied by the billed number of visits and then multiplied by 113%.

(3) For providers whose basis of Medicare apportionment is weighted units, the payment rate shall be based on the average cost per weighted unit, developed by dividing the total departmental cost for each therapy department on line 4 of Schedule C by the total weighted units for each therapy department on line 1 of Schedule C. Payments for services shall then be calculated as follows: the average cost per weighted unit shall be multiplied by the billed units and then multiplied by 113%.

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Cross References

This section cited in 34 Pa. Code § 127.101 (relating to medical fee caps—Medicare); 34 Pa. Code § 127.126 (relating to new providers); 34 Pa. Code § 127.155 (relating to medical fee updates on and after January 1, 1995—outpatient acute care providers, specialty hospitals and other cost-reimbursed providers).