District of Columbia Code Division VIII. General Laws. § 44-664.11. Definitions.

(1) “Department” means the Department of Health Care Finance.

(2) “Hospital” shall have the same meaning as provided in § 44-501(a)(1), but excludes any hospital operated by the federal government and any specialty hospital, as defined by the District of Columbia's Medicaid State Plan (“State Plan”), or a hospital that is reimbursed under a specialty hospital reimbursement methodology under the State Plan.

(3) “Hospital system” means any group of hospitals licensed separately but operated, owned, or maintained by a common entity.

(4) “Inpatient net patient revenue” means the amount calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for hospitals as derived from each hospital's filed Hospital and Hospital Health Care Complex Cost Report (Form CMS-2552-10), filed for the period between October 1 and September 30 of the period 3 fiscal years prior to the fiscal year the fee is assessed, using the references below:

(5) “Medicaid” means the medical assistance programs authorized by Title XIX of the Social Security Act, approved July 30, 1965 (79 Stat. 343; 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq.) (“Social Security Act”), and by § 1-307.02, and administered by the Department.