(1) All nursing facilities, with the exception of the state and county-owned facilities not included in subsection (2) of this section, shall be eligible for annual nursing facility adjustments.
(2)  The Idaho state veterans nursing homes shall be eligible to participate in the program and shall be eligible for annual nursing facility adjustments.

Terms Used In Idaho Code 56-1511

  • Department: means the department of health and welfare. See Idaho Code 56-1503
  • Fiscal year: means the time period from July 1 to June 30. See Idaho Code 56-1503
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Fund: means the nursing facility assessment fund established pursuant to section 56-1504, Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 56-1503
  • Nursing facility: means a nursing facility as defined in section 39-1301, Idaho Code, and licensed pursuant to chapter 13, title 39, Idaho Code. See Idaho Code 56-1503
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • Upper payment limit: means the limitation established by federal regulations, 42 C. See Idaho Code 56-1503
(3)  For the purpose of this section, "nursing facility days" are days of nursing facility services paid for by the Idaho medical assistance program for the applicable state fiscal year.
(a)  For state fiscal year 2010, medicaid days for each provider’s cost report ending in calendar year 2008 shall be utilized to determine the nursing facility adjustment payment.
(b)  For state fiscal year 2011, medicaid days for each provider’s cost report ending in calendar year 2009 shall be utilized to determine the nursing facility adjustment payment.
(4)  Adjustment payments shall be paid on an annual basis to reimburse covered medicaid expenditures in the aggregate within the upper payment limit.
(5)  Each annual payment shall be made no later than thirty (30) days after the receipt of the last annual deposit of the nursing facility assessments required in section 56-1504, Idaho Code.
(6)  The department shall implement quality performance reporting beginning in state fiscal year 2019.
(a)  During state fiscal years 2019 and 2020, quality performance data will be provided to nursing facilities to illustrate how their performance would impact their value-based purchasing payment.
(b)  For state fiscal year 2021 and beyond, payments from the fund described in section 56-1504, Idaho Code, shall be based on quality indicators.