{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-14610","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 14610","heading":"","body":"As used in this article:\n(a) “Rate” means the rate of reimbursement per unit of service which is agreed to by the department and a hospital.\n(b) “Unit of service” means an inpatient day, a case, a discharge or admission, an episode, or any other measure of service which is a basis for reimbursement agreed to by a hospital and the department.\n(c) “Commission” means the California Health Facilities Commission.\n(d) “Private entity” means any private organization with appropriate experience and expertise to negotiate Medi-Cal hospital reimbursement rates on behalf of the state.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES [10000. - 18999.98.]","PART 3. AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE [11000. - 15771.]","CHAPTER 8.8. Medi-Cal Management: Alternative Methods [14600. - 14685.1.]","ARTICLE 2. Negotiated Hospital Rates [14610. - 14620.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"fc193169676789ea103a2b7bdaf3e3f4199fbf5875c70d2e189d507b619c561c","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-14601","next":"us-ca/wic-14611"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}