This chapter establishes the standard per diem charge at Saint Elizabeths Hospital (DC's public psychiatric hospital) and the process for determining adjustments to that charge, with the goal of reflecting the fully loaded actual cost of inpatient care. Facility operators must follow the prescribed process for calculating and adjusting the per diem rate.
View official source5500 PURPOSE 5500.1 This chapter establishes the standard per diem charge at Saint Elizabeths Hospital and the process for determining adjustments to this charge. The per diem charge established by this chapter and the process proscribed for determining adjustments to this charge are intended to establish a per diem charge that reflects the fully loaded actual cost of care for an inpatient. Source: Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 57 DC12222 (December 24, 2010).