{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-44-665.16","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 44-665.16","heading":"Quarterly notice and collection.","body":"(a)\nThe fee imposed under section § 44-665.13 shall be calculated on a quarterly basis, and shall be due and payable by the 15th day after the last month of each quarter; provided, that the fee shall not be due and payable until:\n(1)\nThe District issues written notice that the payment methodologies for payments to hospitals required under § 44-665.15 have been approved by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and\n(2)\nThe District issues written notice to the hospital informing the hospital of its fee rate, outpatient gross patient revenue subject to the fee, and the fee amount owed on a quarterly basis, including, in the initial written notice from the District to the hospital, all fee amounts owed beginning with the period commencing on October 1, 2024.\n\n(b)\n(1)\nIf a hospital fails to pay the full amount of the fee in accordance with this subchapter, the unpaid balance shall accrue interest at the rate of 1.5% per month or any fraction thereof, which shall be added to the unpaid balance.\n(2)\nThe Chief Financial Officer may arrange a payment plan for the amount of the fee and interest in arrears.","path":["Title 44. Charitable and Curative Institutions.","Chapter 6A. Medicaid Hospital Outpatient Supplemental Payments and Medicaid Hospital Inpatient Rate Supplements.","Subchapter X. Medicaid Outpatient Hospital Directed Payment."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/44-665.16","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"90abc50f349c8ea4dd99b3e111e3ca65bc4b1bbd4c9dbfc83cd8b7a0a53489a6","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-44-665.15","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-44-665.17"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}