CHAPTER 14. PAYMENT TO NURSING FACILITIES

IC 12-15-14
    Chapter 14. Payment to Nursing Facilities

IC 12-15-14-1
Payment criteria; uniformity
    Sec. 1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), payment ofservices for nursing facilities shall be determined under the samecriteria and in a uniform manner for all facilities providing services.
    (b) In addition to reimbursement under the uniform rates ofpayment developed for all nursing facilities under subsection (a):
        (1) nursing facilities that are owned and operated by agovernmental entity may receive any additional payments thatare permitted under applicable federal statutes and regulations;and
        (2) nursing facilities that are not owned and operated by agovernmental entity may receive any additional payments thatare permitted under applicable federal statutes and regulations.
    (c) Each governmental transfer or other payment mechanism thatthe office implements under this chapter must maximize the amountof federal financial participation that the state can obtain through theintergovernmental transfer or other payment mechanism.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.160-2001, SEC.1.

IC 12-15-14-2
Payment of nursing facilities under 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(13)(A);non-Medicaid revenue information; complete balance sheet data
    Sec. 2. (a) Payment of nursing facility services shall bedetermined in accordance with 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(13)(A) and anyother applicable federal statutes or regulations governing suchpayments.
    (b) The office may not require a provider to submit non-Medicaidrevenue information in the provider's annual historical financialreport. Non-Medicaid revenue information obtained by Medicaidauditors in the course of their audits may not be used for publicreporting purposes.
    (c) The office may only request complete balance sheet data thatapplies directly to the provider's facility. Complete balance sheet dataacquired by the office under this subsection:
        (1) is confidential; and
        (2) may only be disclosed:
            (A) in the aggregate; or
            (B) for an individual facility;
        if the office removes all non-Medicaid data.
    (d) The office of the secretary shall adopt rules under IC 4-22-2to implement the reimbursement system required by this section.
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.152-1995, SEC.11;P.L.257-1996, SEC.10; P.L.126-1998, SEC.3; P.L.160-2001, SEC.2.

IC 12-15-14-3
Repealed    (Repealed by P.L.2-1997, SEC.89.)

IC 12-15-14-4
Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.2-1997, SEC.89.)

IC 12-15-14-5
Repealed
    (Repealed by P.L.2-1997, SEC.89.)