Subject:
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Medicaid Certified Public Expenditures Public Emergency Medical Transportation program distribution of funds.
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Recommended Action:
Recommended Action
Approval and execution by the County Administrator of the Certified Statement for Use of Certified Public Expenditures no later than March 29, 2021, by the County Administrator as required to receive $468,760 from the Medicaid Certified Public Expenditure (CPE) Public Emergency Medical Transportation (PEMT) program.
• Pinellas County Emergency Medical Services, d/b/a Sunstar provides ambulance transportation to Medicaid recipients. The cost to provide these services exceeds the Medicaid reimbursement.
• The CPE PEMT program facilitates the ability to drawdown Federal funds to mitigate these unrecovered costs.
• Eligible costs to provide these services after Medicaid reimbursements were $687,734.74. Of that amount, $218,974.74 or 31.84% must be certified as a public expenditure to receive funds for the remaining uncompensated amount of $468,760.00.
o The $468,760.00 in revenue is offset by the associated expenditure of $28,125.60 for consulting services (6.0% fee), representing a net revenue of $440,634.40.
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Strategic Plan:
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Summary:
The CPE Program is governed by Federal Regulation 42 CFR 433.51. The Program allows certain health care organizations to submit certified public expenditures to draw-down reimbursement for eligible costs from Federal funds as compensation for un-reimbursed medical costs provided to eligible Medicaid recipients. Ambulance transportation is eligible to participate in the program.
Background/Explanation:
Pinellas County Emergency Medical Services (EMS), dba Sunstar provides ambulance transportation to Medicaid recipients. The cost to provide these services exceeds the Medicaid reimbursement. The CPE PEMT program facilitates the ability to drawdown Federal funds to mitigate these unrecovered costs. Eligible costs to provide these services after Medicaid reimbursements were $687,734.74. Of that amount, $218,974.74 or 31.84% must be certified as a public expenditure to receive funds for the remaining uncompensated amount of $468,760.00.
Fiscal Impact:
Receipt of $468,760.00 in revenue, offset by the associated expenditure of $28,125.60 for consulting services, represents net revenue of $440,634.40. These revenues and associated expenditures are included in the Emergency Medical Service Fund’s FY21 Estimates as part of the FY22 Budget Development process.
Delegated Authority:
Authority for the County Administrator to sign this Certification Statement for the Use of Certified Public Expenditures is granted under Code Section 2-62 (a)(1).
Staff Member Responsible:
James G. Fogarty, Director, Safety and Emergency Services
Partners:
Agency for Healthcare Administration
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Attachments:
Certification Statement for the Use of Certified Program Expenditures
SFY 2020-21 Public Emergency Medical Transportation Program Distribution
Email from AHCA regarding Certification form due 3-29-21
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