Ohio Code 5165.40 – Adjustment of rates
If a nursing facility provider properly amends a cost report for the nursing facility under section 5165.107 of the Revised Code and the amended report shows that the provider received a lower medicaid payment rate under the original cost report than the provider was entitled to receive, the department of medicaid shall adjust the provider’s rate for the nursing facility prospectively to reflect the corrected information. The department shall pay the adjusted rate beginning two months after the first day of the month after the provider files the amended cost report.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5165.40
- Direct care costs: means all of the following costs incurred by a nursing facility:
(1) Costs for registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and nurse aides employed by the nursing facility;
(2) Costs for direct care staff, administrative nursing staff, medical directors, respiratory therapists, and except as provided in division (O)(8) of this section, other persons holding degrees qualifying them to provide therapy;
(3) Costs of purchased nursing services;
(4) Costs of quality assurance;
(5) Costs of training and staff development, employee benefits, payroll taxes, and workers' compensation premiums or costs for self-insurance claims and related costs as specified in rules adopted under section 5165. See Ohio Code 5165.01
- Provider: means an operator with a provider agreement. See Ohio Code 5165.01
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
If the department finds, from an exception review of resident assessment data conducted pursuant to section 5165.193 of the Revised Code after the effective date of a nursing facility’s rate for direct care costs that is based on the resident assessment data, that inaccurate resident assessment data resulted in the provider receiving a lower rate for the nursing facility than it was entitled to receive, the department prospectively shall adjust the provider’s rate accordingly. The department shall make payments to the provider using the adjusted rate for the remainder of the six-month period for which the resident assessment data is used to determine the rate, beginning one month after the first day of the month after the exception review is completed.