NOTICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION

Name of the agency: Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)

The Topic of the public information notice: Graduate Medical Education (GME) funding
for FY 2017
The public information relating to the topic:

Despite the absence of state funding for Graduate Medical Education (GME) for FY 2017, AHCCCS is authorized pursuant to A.R.S. § 36-2903.01(G)(9)(f), to permit political subdivisions, tribal governments and Arizona public universities to provide matching funds to draw down federal dollars to support the costs of GME programs at designated hospitals via Intergovernmental Agreements. The pool structure and methodology used to determine a hospital’s allocation are described in A.A.C. R9-22-712.05.

Hospitals that do not receive matching funds from a political subdivision, tribal government or Arizona public university and do not have final intergovernmental agreements to AHCCCS by August 15, 2017, will not receive 2017 GME funds.

More information can be obtained from the AHCCCS website at: https://www.azahcccs.gov/PlansProviders/RatesAndBilling/GMEpayments.html.

Please direct any written comments, which must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on September 15, 2016, to:

Meggan Harley, Procurement and Contracts Manager Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System
701 E. Jefferson St. Phoenix, Arizona 85034