SC-24-0014

This plan amendment updates rates for nursing facilities based on the most recent cost report data available (i.e., fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2023); applies a 1.8% inflation factor in the calculation of the October 1, 2024, payment rates; maintains the previously approved cost center standards determining general services standards at 110% of the mean, and determining laundry, housekeeping, and maintenance standards at 105% of the mean; maintains the minimum occupancy used for Medicaid rate setting purposes at 85%; and increases the square footage allowance used for capital cost reimbursement purposes from $276.71 to $283.25