68-1924 – Underpayment or overpayment; notice.
68-1924. Underpayment or overpayment; notice. If the department determines that a nursing facility or skilled nursing facility has underpaid or overpaid the quality assurance assessment, the department shall notify the nursing facility or skilled nursing facility of the unpaid quality assurance assessment or refund due. Such payment or refund shall be due or refunded within […]
68-1925 – Failure to pay; penalty; waiver; when; withholding authorized; collection methods authorized.
68-1925. Failure to pay; penalty; waiver; when; withholding authorized; collection methods authorized. (1) A nursing facility or skilled nursing facility that fails to pay the quality assurance assessment within the timeframe specified in section 68-1921 or 68-1924, whichever is applicable, shall pay, in addition to the outstanding quality assurance assessment, a penalty of one and […]
68-1926 – Nursing Facility Quality Assurance Fund; created; use; investment.
68-1926. Nursing Facility Quality Assurance Fund; created; use; investment. (1) The Nursing Facility Quality Assurance Fund is created. Interest and income earned by the fund shall be credited to the fund. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and […]
68-1927 – Application for amendment to medicaid state plan; approval; effect; resubmission of waiver application.
68-1927. Application for amendment to medicaid state plan; approval; effect; resubmission of waiver application. (1) On or before September 30, 2011, or after that date if allowable by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services shall submit […]
68-1928 – Department; discontinue collection of quality assurance assessments; when; return of money.
68-1928. Department; discontinue collection of quality assurance assessments; when; return of money. (1) The department shall discontinue collection of the quality assurance assessments: (a) If the waiver requested pursuant to section 68-1927 or the medicaid state plan amendment reflecting the payment rates in section 68-1926 is given final disapproval by the Centers for Medicare and […]
68-1929 – Aggrieved party; hearing; petition.
68-1929. Aggrieved party; hearing; petition. A nursing facility or skilled nursing facility aggrieved by an action of the department under the Nursing Facility Quality Assurance Assessment Act may file a petition for hearing with the director of the Division of Medicaid and Long-Term Care of the department. The hearing shall be conducted pursuant to the […]
68-1930 – Rules and regulations.
68-1930. Rules and regulations. The department may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Nursing Facility Quality Assurance Assessment Act. Source Laws 2011, LB600, § 30.
68-2001 – Act, how cited.
68-2001. Act, how cited. Sections 68-2001 to 68-2005 shall be known and may be cited as the Children’s Health and Treatment Act. Source Laws 2012, LB1063, § 1.
68-2002 – Purposes of act.
68-2002. Purposes of act. The purposes of the Children’s Health and Treatment Act are to: (1) Require that the guidelines and criteria that the Department of Health and Human Services utilizes to determine medical necessity for services under the medical assistance program be published by the department on its website and websites of its contractors […]
68-2003 – Terms, defined.
68-2003. Terms, defined. For purposes of the Children’s Health and Treatment Act: (1) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services; and (2) Medical assistance program means the program established pursuant to section 68-903. Source Laws 2012, LB1063, § 3.