Lawmakers gave final approval April 20 to a bill that institutes a provider assessment on Nebraska nursing facilities.<\/p>\n
LB600, introduced by Lincoln Sen. Kathy Campbell, adopts the Nursing Facility Quality Assurance Assessment Act.<\/p>\n
Under the bill, nursing facilities will pay an assessment to the state of $3.50 per day for Medicaid and private pay patients, which then will be reimbursed to facilities through a federal match.<\/p>\n
The bill also requires the state Department of Health and Human Services to submit an amendment to Nebraska\u2019s Medicaid state plan to include the act.<\/p>\n
HHS will charge a reasonable administrative fee for enforcing and collecting the assessment and require a penalty of 1.5 percent of the assessment owed for each month that a payment is overdue.<\/p>\n
LB600 passed 44-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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