249J.22 - INDEPENDENT ANNUAL AUDIT.
249J.22 INDEPENDENT ANNUAL AUDIT.
The department shall contract with a certified public accountant
to provide an analysis, on an annual basis, to the governor and the
general assembly regarding compliance of the Iowa medical assistance
program with each of the following:
1. That the state has not instituted any new provider taxes as
defined by the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the
United States department of health and human services.
2. That public hospitals and public nursing facilities are not
paid more than the actual costs of care for medical assistance
program and disproportionate share hospital program recipients based
upon Medicare program principles of accounting and cost reporting.
3. That the state is not recycling federal funds provided under
Title XIX of the Social Security Act as defined by the centers for
Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States department of
health and human services. Section History: Recent Form
2005 Acts, ch 167, §23, 66
Referred to in § 249J.23