Sec. 7. Payment to a hospice program must meet the following conditions:
(1) Be determined in accordance with a prospective payment rate that is reasonable and adequate to meet the costs that must be incurred by efficiently and economically operated hospice programs to provide services in conformity with applicable state and federal laws, rules, and regulations, including the federal Social Security Act, and quality and safety standards.
(2) Include the increased costs for medical care, including physician and nursing care, intensive case management, social services, and pharmaceutical and allied health costs.
As added by P.L.24-1997, SEC.54.