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Notes:
The Commonwealth has a single government-controlled and operated hospital and health system that provides the majority of its citizens’ healthcare services. Like the other territories, the Commonwealth has a federal Medicaid financial participation rate of 50 percent, payable up to a ceiling specified in law. The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 provided additional funds to the Commonwealth, thus increasing its payment ceiling for fiscal years 2006 and 2007. The ceilings for 2008 and subsequent years will be calculated by applying an adjustor, the medical care component of the Consumer Price Index, to the 2007 payment ceiling. The hospital and health system is paid on a charge basis using Medicare cost ceilings. This methodology is also used for nursing facility services provided off island. For any other services not available through the hospital and health system, providers are paid negotiated rates or the applicable rates paid by the off island Medicaid program.
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