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Section 151-E:16 – Accurate Cost Estimates.

    151-E:16 Accurate Cost Estimates. – I. The department shall estimate and report the full cost to the state of adequately funding long-term care services at a level which ensures all eligible individuals the quality services which they need and for which they are eligible. The cost estimates shall include the cost to fund home […]

Section 151-E:17 – Availability of Targeted Management Services.

    151-E:17 Availability of Targeted Management Services. – The department shall make available to and advise all Medicaid recipients who require a nursing facility level of care or are at risk of needing such care and who are patients in hospitals, rehabilitation hospitals, or nursing facilities of the availability of targeted case management services provided […]

Section 151-E:6 – Acuity-Based Reimbursement System.

    151-E:6 Acuity-Based Reimbursement System. – I. The department shall pursue as expeditiously as possible the development and implementation of a reimbursement system for nursing facility services based primarily on the acuity level of patients consistent with state and federal law and all appropriate notice requirements. All nursing facilities shall use best efforts to provide […]

Section 151-E:6-b – Memorandum of Agreement.

    151-E:6-b Memorandum of Agreement. – The department of health and human services shall establish, by means of a memorandum of agreement with the New Hampshire Association of Counties, a mechanism for the receipt of input from the Association of Counties regarding the type, cost, utilization, and procedures relative to payments which the counties are […]

Section 151-E:6-c – Payment System for Nursing Facilities.

    151-E:6-c Payment System for Nursing Facilities. – The payment system for nursing facility level of care shall be as follows: I. Rate calculation worksheets for all providers will be provided at least 30 days prior to the effective date of any rate changes. II. Acuity levels must be updated at least semi-annually, on a […]

Section 151-E:7 – Needs Assessment for Applicants for Nursing Facility Services.

    151-E:7 Needs Assessment for Applicants for Nursing Facility Services. – I. In order to determine the most cost effective and appropriate level of long-term care services, the department shall assess the clinical eligibility of each applicant to a nursing facility in a uniform manner throughout the state. The assessment shall be voluntary for all […]

Section 151-E:8 – Assessment or Reassessment at Time of Eligibility.

    151-E:8 Assessment or Reassessment at Time of Eligibility. – The department shall perform an assessment or reassessment of the person’s clinical eligibility when the person becomes financially eligible for medicaid benefits pursuant to RSA 151-E:3, I(b). Source. 1998, 388:1, eff. Nov. 25, 1998.

Section 151-E:9 – Information and Assistance.

    151-E:9 Information and Assistance. – The department shall provide information and assistance to each applicant to a nursing facility. Such information and assistance shall: I. Be based upon the principle that services shall be provided in the setting that is least restrictive of the applicant’s ability to live independently; II. Take into consideration the […]

Section 151-E:10 – Notification by Hospitals.

    151-E:10 Notification by Hospitals. – Prior to the discharge or referral of any person to any nursing facility, a hospital shall notify the department that such person requires nursing facility services which necessitate an assessment under RSA 151-E:7 or the provision of information and assistance under RSA 151-E:9. Source. 1998, 388:1, eff. Nov. 25, […]