The department shall reduce the quality assurance assessment for either certain high-volume medicaid nursing facilities or skilled nursing facilities with high patient volumes to meet the redistribution tests in 42 C.F.R. § 433.68(e)(2). Under this section, the assessment shall be based on total resident days, including bed-hold days, less medicare days, for the purpose of improving the quality of nursing facility or skilled nursing facility care in this state.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 68-1919

  • Department: means the Department of Health and Human Services. See Nebraska Statutes 68-1905
  • Nursing facility: has the meaning found in section 71-424. See Nebraska Statutes 68-1912
  • Quality assurance assessment: means the assessment imposed under section 68-1917. See Nebraska Statutes 68-1913
  • Skilled nursing facility: has the meaning found in section 71-429. See Nebraska Statutes 68-1915
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Total resident days: means the total number of residents residing in the nursing facility or skilled nursing facility between July 1 and June 30, multiplied by the number of days each such resident resided in that nursing facility or skilled nursing facility. See Nebraska Statutes 68-1916