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Washington Administrative Code (Last Updated: November 23, 2016) |
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Title 388. Social and Health Services, Department of |
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Chapter 388-96. Nursing facility medicaid payment system. |
Section 388-96-744. How will the department set the therapy care rate and determine the median cost limit per unit of therapy?
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- (1) For a nursing facility that does not report units of therapy for the applicable cost report year, the department will set its nursing facility therapy care rate at $0.00 until units of therapy are submitted.(2) After the nursing facility reports its units of therapy, the department will pay the nursing facility a rate beginning the effective date of the rate year, e.g., July 1.(3) In a rebase year the nursing facility's units of therapy must be reported in the cost report used to rebase the rate. If reported later than the cost report due date, the department shall exclude the nursing facility's therapy costs from the array of costs use to set the median cost limit per unit of therapy.