AZ-12-007

This amendment provides that, effective from October 1, 2012, inpatient hospital outlier qualification and payment Will continue to be determined using90.25% of the current Medicare cost-to-charge ratio; for any hospital that reports an increase in its charge master, that cost-to-charge ratio will be correspondingly reduced; and the outlier cost threshold will continue to be set at the cost threshold as of September 30,2011 increased by five percent.