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Ch. 484 2006 LAWS OF MARYLAND
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[(5)] (6) "Uncompensated care" means care provided by a trauma
physician to a trauma patient on the State trauma registry who:
(i) Has no health insurance, including Medicare Part B coverage;
(ii) Is not eligible for medical assistance coverage; and
(iii) Has not paid the trauma physician for care provided by the
trauma physician, after documented attempts by the trauma physician to collect
payment.
(b) (1) There is a Maryland Trauma Physician Services Fund.
(2) The purpose of the Fund is to subsidize the documented costs:
(i) Of uncompensated care incurred by a trauma physician in
providing trauma care to a trauma patient on the State trauma registry;
(ii) Of undercompensated care incurred by a trauma physician in
providing trauma care to an enrollee of the Maryland Medical Assistance Program
who is a trauma patient on the State trauma registry;
(iii) Incurred by a trauma center to maintain trauma physicians
on—call as required by the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services
Systems; and
(iv) Incurred by the Commission and the Health Services Cost
Review Commission to administer the Fund and audit reimbursement requests to
assure appropriate payments are made from the Fund.
(3) The Commission and the Health Services Cost Review Commission
shall administer the Fund.
(4) The Fund is a special, nonlapsing fund that is not subject to § 7-302
of the State Finance and Procurement Article.
(5) Interest on and other income from the Fund shall be separately
accounted for and credited to the Fund, and are not subject to § 6-226(a) of the State
Finance and Procurement Article.
(c) The Fund consists of motor vehicle registration surcharges paid into the
Fund in accordance with § 13-954(b)(2) of the Transportation Article.
(d) (1) Disbursements from the Fund shall be made in accordance with a
methodology established jointly by the Commission and the Health Services Cost
Review Commission to calculate costs incurred by trauma physicians and trauma
centers that are eligible to receive reimbursement under subsection (b) of this section.
(2) The Fund shall transfer to the Department of Health and Mental
Hygiene an amount sufficient to fully cover the State's share of expenditures for the
costs of undercompensated care incurred by a trauma physician in providing trauma
care to an enrollee of the Maryland Medical Assistance Program who is a trauma
patient on the State trauma registry.
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