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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".08" citation="COMAR 10.25.10.08" title_num="10" subtitle_num="25" chapter_num="10" heading="On-Call Payment.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Eligibility. The Fund will reimburse trauma centers' on-call costs to maintain surgeons on-call in conformance with MIEMSS' regulations at COMAR 30.08.05 — 30.08.14 for the minimum number of trauma physicians required to be on-call. Trauma centers are eligible for on-call payments as follows:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The Level I trauma center and pediatric trauma center are eligible for on-call payments for on-call hours provided by trauma specialties designated in §B of this regulation on or after July 1, 2024;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Level II trauma centers are eligible for on-call payments for on-call hours provided by trauma specialties designated in §C of this regulation;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Level III trauma centers are eligible for on-call payments for on-call hours provided by trauma specialties designated in §D of this regulation; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Specialty Referral Centers are eligible for on-call payments for on-call hours provided by trauma specialties designated in §E of this regulation on or after July 1, 2024.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>To determine the amount of on-call payments to a Level I trauma center or pediatric trauma center from the Fund, the following apply:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The cost incurred by a Level I trauma center or pediatric trauma center to maintain trauma surgeons, pediatric trauma surgeons, neurosurgeons, and orthopedic surgeons on-call when a post-graduate resident, who meets MIEMMS’ requirements under COMAR 30.08.05.07, is attending shall be reimbursed at the lesser of a trauma center's actual on-call costs, or up to 60 percent of the reasonable compensation equivalent's hourly rate for the specialty, inflated to the current year by the physician compensation component of the Medicare Economic Index as designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A Level I trauma center shall be eligible for a maximum 4,380 on-call hours each fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>A pediatric trauma center shall be eligible for a maximum 4,380 on-call hours each fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>To determine the amount of on-call payments to a Level II trauma center from the Fund, the following apply:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The cost incurred by a Level II trauma center to maintain trauma surgeons, neurosurgeons, and orthopedic surgeons on-call shall be reimbursed at the lesser of a trauma center's actual on-call costs or up to 60 percent of the reasonable compensation equivalent's hourly rate for the specialty, inflated to the current year by the physician compensation component of the Medicare Economic Index as designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A Level II trauma center shall be eligible for a maximum 26,280 on-call hours each fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>To determine the amount of on-call payments to a Level III trauma center from the Fund, the following apply:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The cost incurred by a Level III trauma center to maintain anesthesiologists, neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, and trauma surgeons on-call shall be reimbursed at the lesser of a trauma center's actual on-call costs or up to 60 percent of the reasonable compensation equivalents hourly rate for the specialty, inflated to the current year by the physician compensation component of the Medicare Economic Index as designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>A Level III trauma center shall be eligible for a maximum 35,040 on-call hours each fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>To determine the amount of on-call payments to a Specialty Referral Center from the Fund, the following apply:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The cost incurred by a Specialty Referral Center to maintain trauma surgeons on-call for the Johns Hopkins Health System Burn Program shall be reimbursed at the lesser of the trauma center's actual on-call costs or up to 60 percent of the reasonable compensation equivalent's hourly rate for the specialty, inflated to the current year by the physician compensation component of the Medicare Economic Index as designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The cost incurred by a Specialty Referral Center to maintain trauma surgeons on-call for the Eye Trauma Center at the Wilmer Eye Institute at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, the cost incurred to maintain ophthalmologists on-call shall be reimbursed at the lesser of the trauma center's actual on-call costs or up to 60 percent of the reasonable compensation equivalent's hourly rate for the specialty, inflated to the current year by the physician compensation component of the Medicare Economic Index as designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The cost incurred by a Specialty Referral Center to maintain trauma surgeons on-call for the Curtis National Hand Center at Union Memorial Hospital, shall be reimbursed at the lesser of the trauma center's actual on-call costs or up to 60 percent of the reasonable compensation equivalent's hourly rate for the specialty, inflated to the current year by the physician compensation component of the Medicare Economic Index as designated by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>A Specialty Referral Center trauma center shall be eligible for a maximum 2,190 hours of trauma on-call per fiscal year, beginning July 1, 2024.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="F.">
    <text>The trauma center shall apply for payment from the Fund by submitting a semiannual on-call services application within 30 days after the end of the reporting cycle.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="G.">
    <text>The on-call services application shall list on-call costs paid to trauma physicians at the trauma center during the reporting cycle. The on-call services application shall contain the following information:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The name and trauma level of the trauma center;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The name of each trauma physician providing on-call coverage;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>The specialty of each trauma physician providing on-call coverage;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>The amount of time available on-call for each physician;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(5)">
      <text>The amount paid in on-call stipends to each physician; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(6)">
      <text>Any other information required by the Commission to validate the claim.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="H.">
    <text>The Commission may increase the hours and percent of RCE specified in this regulation in accordance with Health General § 19-130, Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>