12VAC30-90-170: NATCEPs costs

Subpart VII

Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Programs (NATCEPs)

A. The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 (OBRA 89) amended § 1903(a)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act to fund actual NATCEPs costs incurred by NFs separately from the NF's medical assistance services reimbursement rates.

B. NATCEPs costs shall be as defined in Appendix I (12VAC30-90-270 through 12VAC30-90-276).

C. To calculate the reimbursement rate, NATCEPs costs contained in the most recently filed cost report shall be converted to a per diem amount by dividing allowable NATCEPs costs by the actual number of NF's patient days.

D. The NATCEPs interim reimbursement rate determined in subsection C of this section shall be added to the prospective operating cost and plant cost components or charges, whichever is lower, to determine the NF's prospective rate. The NATCEPs interim reimbursement rate shall not be adjusted for inflation.

E. Reimbursement of NF costs for training and competency evaluation of nurse aides must take into account the NF's use of trained nurse aides in caring for Medicaid, Medicare and private pay patients. Medicaid shall not be charged for that portion of NATCEPs costs that is properly charged to Medicare or private pay services. The final retrospective reimbursement for NATCEPs costs shall be the reimbursement rate as calculated from the most recently filed cost report by the methodology in subsection C of this section times the Medicaid patient days from the DMAS MMR-240.

F. Disallowance of nonreimbursable NATCEPs costs shall be reflected in the year in which the nonreimbursable costs were claimed.

G. Payments to providers for allowable NATCEPs costs shall not be considered in the comparison of the lower allowable reimbursement or charges for covered services, as outlined in 12VAC30-90-55 A.

H. Effective July 1, 2014, prospective NATCEPs per diem rates for each facility shall be the NATCEPs per diem rate in the base year inflated to the rate year based on inflation in 12VAC30-90-44. To calculate the NATCEPs per diem rate, NATCEPs costs in the base year shall be converted to a per diem amount by dividing allowable NATCEPs costs by the actual number of NF's patient days. In non-rebasing years, the prospective rate calculation shall be revised annually using costs from the next available year. The NATCEPs reimbursement rate determined in this subsection shall be added to the prospective operating cost, criminal records checks, and plant cost components.