Effective July 1, 2022, this amendment implements an add-on component to enable nursing facilities to cover labor costs for essential support workers to equal at least 125% of the state minimum wage, plus related taxes and benefits. The amendment also eliminates the requirement for base-year direct and routine aggregate costs per day to be less than the median aggregate direct and routine allowable costs for a facility’s peer group, so that all facilities with MaineCare days constituting more than 80% of total days across all payers will receive a High MaineCare Utilization Payment of $0.60 per diem for each one percentage (1%) of MaineCare days above 80%.
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