135.83 - CONTRACTS FOR ASSISTANCE WITH ANALYSES, STUDIES, AND DATA.
135.83 CONTRACTS FOR ASSISTANCE WITH ANALYSES,
STUDIES, AND DATA.
In furtherance of the department's responsibilities under sections
135.76 and 135.78, the director may contract with the Iowa hospital
association and third-party payers, the Iowa health care facilities
association and third-party payers, or the Iowa association of homes
for the aging and third-party payers for the establishment of pilot
programs dealing with prospective rate review in hospitals or health
care facilities, or both. Such contract shall be subject to the
approval of the executive council and shall provide for an equitable
representation of health care providers, third-party payers, and
health care consumers in the determination of criteria for rate
review. No third-party payer shall be excluded from positive
financial incentives based upon volume of gross patient revenues. No
state or federal funds appropriated or available to the department
shall be used for any such pilot program. Section History: Early Form
[C79, 81, § 135.83] Section History: Recent Form
98 Acts, ch 1100, §13; 2001 Acts, ch 74, §2; 2002 Acts, ch 1050,
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Referred to in § 135.164