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Notice: 7926857

Notice of Proposed Rule

Department:

AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION

Division:

Medicaid

Chapter:

REIMBURSEMENT TO PROVIDERS

Overview

RULE:

59G-6.010

Payment Methodology for Nursing Home Services

PURPOSE:

The purpose and effect of the proposed rule is to incorporate changes to the Florida Title XIX Long-Term Care Reimbursement Plan effective July 1, 2009, in accordance with Senate Bill 2600, the 2009-10 General Appropriations Act, Specific Appropriation 219 and Senate Bill 1658.
1. The Agency shall implement a recurring methodology in the Title XIX Nursing Home Reimbursement Plan to reduce nursing home rates to achieve an $81,333,369 rate reduction. In establishing rates through the normal process, prior to including this reduction, if the unit cost is equal to or less than the unit cost used in establishing the budget, then no additional reduction in rates is necessary. In establishing rates through the normal process, prior to including this reduction, if the unit cost is greater than the unit cost used in establishing the budget, then rates shall be reduced by an amount required to achieve this reduction, but shall not be reduced below the unit cost used in establishing the budget.
2. In accordance with Senate Bill 1658, Section 409.9082, F.S., Quality assessment on nursing home facility providers; exemptions; purpose; federal approval required; remedies, effective July 1, 2009, the Agency may exempt from the quality assessment or apply a lower quality assessment rate to a qualified public, non-state-owned or operated nursing home facility whose total annual indigent census days are greater than 25 percent of the facility’s total annual census days.

SUMMARY:

The proposed rule incorporates changes to the Florida Title XIX Long-Term Care Reimbursement Plan (the Plan) payment methodology, effective July 1, 2009, in accordance with Senate Bill 2600, the 2009-10 General Appropriations Act, Specific Appropriation 219 and Senate Bill 1658.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY:

409.919 FS.

LAW:

409.908 FS.

PRINT PUBLISH DATE:

11/20/2009 Vol. 35/46

COMMENTS:

From 11/20/2009 To 12/11/2009 (21 Days)
The public comment period for this notice has already expired.

REFERENCE MATERIALS:

No reference(s).

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