12-15-14-8. Use of RUG-IV, 48-Group model for payments; public notice if reduction in reimbursement

IN Code § 12-15-14-8 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 8. (a) The office shall use the RUG-IV, 48-Group model for payment of nursing facility services.

(b) Beginning July 1, 2018, the office may implement an end of therapy reclassification methodology in the RUG-IV, 48-Group model for payment of nursing facility services.

(c) Before the office changes a health facility service reimbursement that results in a reduction in reimbursement, the office shall provide public notice of at least one (1) year. The public notice under this subsection:

(1) is not a rulemaking action or part of the administrative rulemaking process under IC 4-22; and

(2) must include the fiscal impact of the proposed reimbursement change.

As added by P.L.224-2017, SEC.4.