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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 18-226

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF
HUMAN SERVICES

Payment for Nursing Facility Services Provided by County Nursing Facilities; County Nursing Facility Supplementation Payment for Fiscal Year 2017-2018

[48 Pa.B. 952]
[Saturday, February 10, 2018]

 This announcement provides advance notice that the Department of Human Services (Department) intends to continue to make an additional payment to certain county nursing facilities in Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-2018.

Proposed Payment

 The Department will make a county nursing facility supplementation payment to each qualified county nursing facility. To qualify, a county nursing facility must be located in a home rule county that was formerly a county of the second class A, have more than 725 beds and a Medicaid acuity of 0.79 as of August 1, 2015. The number of beds will be the number of licensed beds as of August 1, 2015, and the Medicaid acuity will be determined using the Case Mix Index Report for the August 1, 2015, Picture Date in accordance with 55 Pa. Code § 1187.33 (relating to resident data and picture date reporting requirements).

 The Department will calculate each qualified county nursing facility's supplementation payment for FY 2017-2018 by dividing total funds by the number of qualified county nursing facilities.

 The Department will submit a State Plan Amendment (SPA) to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). If CMS approves the SPA, the total funds will consist of both State and Federal funding. The Department will use its best efforts to process this supplementation payment within 30 days of the date it receives notice from CMS.

Fiscal Impact

 This change will result in a cost of $4.151 million ($2 million in State funds) for FY 2017-2018.

Public Comment

 Interested persons are invited to submit written comments regarding the county nursing facility supplementation payment to the Department of Human Services, Office of Long-Term Living, Bureau of Policy and Regulatory Management, Attention: Marilyn Yocum, P.O. Box 8025, Harrisburg, PA 17105-8025. Comments received within 30 days will be reviewed and considered for any subsequent revision of the notice.

 Persons with a disability who require an auxiliary aid or service may submit comments using the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD users) or (800) 654-5988 (voice users).

TERESA D. MILLER, 
Acting Secretary

 Fiscal Note: 14-NOT-1205. (1) General Fund; (2) Implementing Year 2017-18 is $2,000,000; (3) 1st Succeeding Year 2018-19 through 5th Succeeding Year 2022-23 are $0; (4) 2016-17 Program—$1,083,000,000; 2015-16 Program—$968,083,000; 2014-15 Program—$810,545,000; (7) Long-Term Care; (8) recommends adoption. Funds have been included in the budget to cover this increase.

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 18-226. Filed for public inspection February 9, 2018, 9:00 a.m.]


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