Iowa Code Title VI. Human Services [Chs. 216-255A] § 222.73. Billing of patient charges--computation of actual costs--cost settlement

1. The superintendent of each resource center shall compute by February 1 the average daily patient charge and outpatient treatment charges for which each county will be billed for services provided to patients chargeable to the county during the fiscal year beginning the following July 1.  The department shall certify the amount of the charges and notify the counties of the billing charges.

2. The superintendent shall compute in January the actual per-patient-per-day cost for each resource center for the immediately preceding calendar year, in accordance with generally accepted accounting procedures, by totaling the actual expenditures of the resource center for the calendar year and by dividing the total actual expenditures by the total inpatient days of service provided during the calendar year.

3. A superintendent of a resource center may request that the director enter into a contract with a person for the resource center to provide consultation or treatment services or for fulfilling other purposes which are consistent with the purposes stated in section 222.1.  The contract provisions shall include charges which reflect the actual cost of providing the services.  Any income from a contract authorized under this subsection may be retained by the resource center to defray the costs of providing the services or fulfilling the other purposes.  Except for a contract voluntarily entered into by a county under this subsection, the costs or income associated with a contract authorized under this subsection shall not be considered in computing charges and per diem costs in accordance with the provisions of subsections 1 and 2   1.