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Revises the reimbursement methodology for small rural hospitals to reimburse inpatient hospital services up to the Medicare Inpatient upper payment limit.
Restores the per diem rate for non-state intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities that downsize large facilities to less than 35 beds and incur unusually high costs.
Reduces the per diem rate by 2% for non-state intermediate care facilities for persons with developmental disabilities due to a continuing budget shortfall.