SUBJECT
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SET PUBLIC HEARING to consider adoption of an Amended Assessment Resolution and Non-Ad Valorem Assessment Roll pursuant to Ord. 2022-029, as amended, the Polk County Local Provider Participation Fund Ordinance. (Suggested hearing date is October 15, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.)
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DESCRIPTION
On September 3, 2024, the Board adopted Resolution 2024-157 to set the 2024 assessment rate for collection of the Polk County Local Provider Participation Fund (LPPF) annual special assessment from the six area hospitals subject to the special assessment.
Subsequent to the adoption of Resolution 2024-157, the State of Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) approved Lakeland Regional Medical Center (LRMC) as a statutory teaching hospital, based on the hospital’s seven accredited residency programs and 100 residents engaged in such programs. This designation by AHCA moves LRMC from Tier 1 to Tier 3 in the Low Income Pool (LIP) funding model, enabling the hospital to net an additional $10M in LIP funds through the LPPF program.
In order to receive the additional funding, the assessment rate set forth in Section 5 of Resolution 2024-157 must be revised, and the amended rate adopted, to impose and collect the LPPF special assessment from all six hospitals in the aggregate amount required to generate sufficient revenue to fund the non-federal share of payments under the LPPF program. The adoption of such amended rate resolution must occur at a regular, adjourned or special meeting of the Board on a certain day and hour, where the Board will hear any objections of all interested persons.
RECOMMENDATION
Set a public hearing on October 15, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. for purposes of considering adoption of an Amended Assessment Resolution and Non-Ad Valorem Assessment Roll.
FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact will be realized by setting the hearing.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Joy Johnson, Administrator, Health & Human Services 534-5204
Sandra Howard, Deputy County Attorney, 863-534-6437