The Department will allocate a special supplemental pool for COVID-19 among the Acute Care Non-Critical Access hospitals and Critical Access hospitals operating in the State of Maine. Effective April 16, 2020, the total pool shall equal ten million dollars ($10,000,000). It will be allocated proportional to the 2016 MMIS base data distribution of MaineCare payment for inpatient and outpatient services to Acute Care Non-Critical Access hospitals and Critical Access hospitals, not to exceed the total supplemental pool amount and not to exceed allowable aggregate upper payment limits. This emergency supplemental payment will not be subject to cost settlement by the Department.
C.M.R. 10, 144, ch. 101, ch. I, § 144-101-I-5, subsec. 144-101-I-5.09