# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 30 — Maryland Commission on Kidney Disease

### Chapter 05 — Fee Schedule

**Authority:** Health-General Article, §§13-301 — 13-316 and 16-204, Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: December 22, 2003 (30:25 Md. R. 1846)

#### Regulation .01 Scope.

*COMAR 10.30.05.01*

This chapter governs dialysis facilities and transplant centers, except those exempted by statute, that are certified by the Commission for eligibility for reimbursement by the Kidney Disease Program for performance of dialysis or transplantation on certified patients with end-stage renal disease.

#### Regulation .02 Fees.

*COMAR 10.30.05.02*

The following certification fees are established by the Commission and may be prorated for initial certification of a partial year:

A. Facilities with 0 — 39 patients ... $693;

B. Facilities with 40 — 49 patients ... $1,274;

C. Facilities with 50 or more patients ... $1,500;

D. Late fee ... 10 percent of fee; and

E. Facility roster fee (fee may be waived for patients) ... $55.

#### Regulation .03 Terms.

*COMAR 10.30.05.03*

A. A facility shall pay to the Commission the certification fees set forth in Regulation .02 of this chapter within 30 days of the date that they are billed.

B. The Commission shall bill a facility within 30 days of the facility's certification or verification of the facility's certification by the Commission.

C. Billing shall be done on an annual basis.

D. The term of the certification is 1 year and is renewed on an annual basis.

E. Initial certification is only for the term of the current certification year.

F. A late fee of 10 percent of the assessed certification fee shall be charged in addition to the certification fee if payment is received more than 30 days after the due date.

G. A facility that fails to pay the certification fee, plus the late fee, more than 60 days after the due date shall be decertified.

H. The facility may not charge the patient for those fees which the Kidney Disease Program would have paid, had the facility complied with this subtitle.

#### Regulation .04 Prohibitions.

*COMAR 10.30.05.04*

A facility or center may not receive funds from the Kidney Disease Program for certified services rendered, unless the facility is certified by the Commission and has paid in full the fee assessed it by the Commission in the time limit set forth by the Commission.

#### Regulation .05 Fund Administration.

*COMAR 10.30.05.05*

The Chairman of the Commission or the Chairman's designee shall administer the Kidney Disease Fund as established under Health-General Article, §13-310.1, Annotated Code of Maryland.