Section 256R.50 — Bed Relocations.
256R.50 BED RELOCATIONS. Subdivision 1. Method for determining budget-neutral nursing facility rates for relocated beds. Nursing facility rates for bed relocations must be calculated by comparing the estimated medical assistance costs prior to and after the proposed bed relocation using the calculations in this section. All payment rates are based on a case mix index […]
Section 256R.51 — Rate Adjustment For Special Dietary Needs.
256R.51 RATE ADJUSTMENT FOR SPECIAL DIETARY NEEDS. (a) The commissioner shall adjust the rates of a nursing facility that meets the criteria for the special dietary needs of its residents and the requirements in section 31.651 or 31.658. The adjustment for raw food cost shall be the difference between the nursing facility’s most recently reported […]
Section 256R.39 — Quality Improvement Incentive Program.
256R.39 QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INCENTIVE PROGRAM. The commissioner shall develop a quality improvement incentive program in consultation with stakeholders. The annual funding pool available for quality improvement incentive payments must be equal to 0.8 percent of all operating payments, not including any rate components resulting from equitable cost-sharing for publicly owned nursing facility program participation under […]
Section 256R.40 — Nursing Facility Voluntary Closure; Alternatives.
256R.40 NURSING FACILITY VOLUNTARY CLOSURE; ALTERNATIVES. Subdivision 1. Definitions. (a) The definitions in this subdivision apply to this section. (b) “Closure” means the cessation of operations of a nursing facility and delicensure and decertification of all beds within the facility. (c) “Closure plan” means a plan to close a nursing facility and reallocate a portion […]
Section 256R.41 — Single-bed Room Incentive.
256R.41 SINGLE-BED ROOM INCENTIVE. (a) Beginning July 1, 2005, the operating payment rate for nursing facilities reimbursed under this chapter shall be increased by 20 percent multiplied by the ratio of the number of new single-bed rooms created divided by the number of active beds on July 1, 2005, for each bed closure that results […]
Section 256R.36 — Hold Harmless.
256R.36 HOLD HARMLESS. No nursing facility’s operating payment rate, plus its employer health insurance costs portion of the external fixed costs payment rate, will be less than its prior system operating cost payment rate. History: 2016 c 99 art 1 s 23
Section 256R.37 — Scholarships.
256R.37 SCHOLARSHIPS. (a) The commissioner shall provide a scholarship per diem rate calculated using the criteria in paragraphs (b) to (d). The per diem rate must be based on the allowable costs the facility paid for employee scholarships for any eligible employee, except the facility administrator, who works an average of at least ten hours […]
Section 256R.38 — Performance-based Incentive Payments.
256R.38 PERFORMANCE-BASED INCENTIVE PAYMENTS. The commissioner shall develop additional incentive-based payments of up to five percent above a facility’s operating payment rate for achieving outcomes specified in a contract. The commissioner may solicit proposals and select those which, on a competitive basis, best meet the state’s policy objectives. The commissioner shall limit the amount of […]