Use of RUG-IV, 48-Group model for payments; public notice if reduction in reimbursement
Ind. Code § 12-15-14-8
in effectSec. 8. (a) The office may implement an end of therapy reclassification methodology in the RUG-IV, 48-Group model or its successor for payment of nursing facility services.
(b) 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 six (6) months. 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. Amended by P.L.165-2021, SEC.140; P.L.241-2023, SEC.15; P.L.160-2026, SEC.12.
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