ORS 414.855: Hospital assessment; rates; rules.

(1) An assessment is imposed on the net inpatient revenue and net outpatient revenue of each hospital in this state. The assessment shall be imposed at a rate determined by the Director of the Oregon Health Authority by rule that is the director’s best estimate of the rate needed to fund the services and costs identified in ORS 414.869. The rate of assessment shall be imposed on the net inpatient revenue and net outpatient revenue of each hospital subject to assessment. The director shall consult with representatives of hospitals before setting the assessment. (2) Each assessment shall be reported on a form prescribed by the Oregon Health Authority and shall contain the information required to be reported by the authority. The assessment form shall be filed with the authority on or before the 45th day following the end of the calendar quarter for which the assessment is being reported. Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, the hospital shall pay the assessment at the time the hospital files the assessment report. The payment shall accompany the report. (3)(a) To the extent permitted by federal law, aggregate assessments imposed under this section may not exceed the total of the following amounts received by the hospitals that are reimbursed by Medicare based on diagnostic related groups: (A) 30 percent of payments made to the hospitals on a fee-for-service basis by the authority for inpatient hospital services; (B) 41 percent of payments made to the hospitals on a fee-for-service basis by the authority for outpatient hospital services; and (C) Payments made to the hospitals using a payment methodology established by the authority that advances the goals of the Oregon Integrated and Coordinated Health Care Delivery System described in ORS 414.570 (3). (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a) of this subsection, aggregate assessments imposed under this section on or after July 1, 2015, may exceed the total of the amounts described in paragraph (a) of this subsection to the extent necessary to compensate for any reduction of funding in the legislatively adopted budget for hospital services under ORS 414.591, 414.631 and 414.688 to 414.745. (c) The director may impose a lower rate of assessment on type A hospitals and type B hospitals to take into account the hospitals’ financial position. (d) The director may adopt different rates of assessment for net inpatient revenue and net outpatient revenue. (4) Notwithstanding subsection (3) of this section, a hospital is not guaranteed that any additional moneys paid to the hospital in the form of payments for services shall equal or exceed the amount of the assessment paid by the hospital. (5)(a) The authority shall develop a schedule for collection of the assessment for each calendar quarter. (b) The authority shall prescribe by rule criteria for late payment of assessments. [2003 c.736 §2; 2007 c.780 §1; 2009 c.828 §51; 2009 c.867 §17; 2013 c.608 §2; 2015 c.16 §1; 2017 c.538 §§27,28,29; 2025 c.4 §11b]