Alaska Administrative Code
Title 7 - Health and Social Services
Part 8 - Medicaid Coverage and Payment
Chapter 140 - Medicaid Coverage; Facility and Facility-Based Services
Article 7 - Nursing Facility Services: ICF and SNF
7 AAC 140.545 - Discharge of recipients
Universal Citation: 7 AK Admin Code 140.545
Current through November 28, 2024
(a) When a nursing facility's utilization review committee or the department determines that a recipient does not, or in the future will not, require continued nursing facility placement, the nursing facility shall provide, at least 10 days before the date of discharge, a written notice of proposed discharge
(1) to the recipient;
(2) if applicable, to the recipient's family
or guardian;
(3) to the attending
physician;
(4) to the division of
the department responsible for payment for health care services;
(5) to the division of the department
responsible for senior and disability services, if the nursing facility is
proposing the discharge; and
(6) to
the nursing facility, if the division of the department responsible for senior
and disability services is proposing the discharge.
(b) A recipient who receives notice of a proposed discharge under (a) of this section may request a hearing under 7 AAC 49.
(c) The department may withhold payment to the facility, if the facility fails to comply with this section.
Authority:AS 47.05.010
AS 47.07.030
AS 47.07.040
AS 47.07.045
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