{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-68-1009","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1009","heading":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1009","body":"(1) The state shall provide medicaid reimbursement to a hospital at one hundred percent of the statewide average nursing facility per diem rate for an individual if the individual: (a) Is enrolled in the medical assistance program; (b) has been admitted as an inpatient to such hospital; (c) no longer requires acute inpatient care and discharge planning as described in 42 C.F.R. 482.43; (d) requires nursing facility level of care upon discharge; and (e) is unable to be transferred to a nursing facility due to a lack of available nursing facility beds available to the individual or, in cases where the transfer requires a guardian, has been approved for appointment of a public guardian and the State Court Administrator is unable to appoint a public guardian.\n\n(2) Reimbursement for services shall be subject to federal approval.","path":["NE Code","Chapter 68"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=68-1009","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:21Z","sha256":"cdd28733904b5f4ef115276d5bd9dca5b449a0656b6656656eb1259d699b20c8","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-68-1008","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-68-1010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}