Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia
Department 350 - DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
Chapter 350-3 - SANCTIONS FOR NURSING FACILITIES
Rule 350-3-.02 - Remedies

(a) Termination of the facility's participation.

(b) Denial of Medicaid payments for services rendered by the facility to any recipient admitted to the facility after notice to the facility. This remedy shall remain in effect until the Department determines that the facility has achieved substantial compliance with all Program Requirements, or until another remedy is substituted for it. A facility subject to this remedy may request termination of the remedy on the ground that it has achieved substantial compliance with program requirements. The Department shall respond to the request by terminating the remedy, requesting additional information if documentation of substantial compliance is considered insufficient, or conducting a resurvey within twenty (20) days of receipt of the request. This remedy shall not be imposed with respect to temporarily hospitalized recipients previously residing in a facility placed on such notice who return to the facility after the date of notice, or with respect to residents who become Medicaid eligible after the date of notice and who resided in the facility prior to the date of notice.

(c) Civil monetary penalties, as specified in Section .04. When penalties are imposed on a facility, such penalties shall be assessed and collected for each day in which the facility is or was out of compliance with a Program Requirement. Interest on each penalty shall be assessed and paid as specified in Section .04. For individuals, such penalties shall be assessed for each infraction, as described in Section .04(g).

(d) Temporary management as specified in Section .05, to oversee operation of the facility and to assure the health and safety of the facility's residents while there is an orderly closure of facility or while improvements are made in order to bring the facility into compliance with all Program Requirements.

(e) Closure of the facility and/or transfer of recipients to another facility, in the case of an emergency as described in Section .03(e).

(f) Plan of Correction, to be drafted by the facility and submitted within a specified time to the Department. Each proposed Plan shall delineate the time and manner in which each deficiency is to be corrected. The Department shall review the proposed Plan and accept or reject the Plan by notice to the facility.

(g) Ban on admission of persons with certain diagnoses or requiring specialized care who are covered by or eligible for Medicare or Medicaid. Such bans may be imposed for all such prospective residents, and shall prevent the facility from admitting the kinds of residents it has shown an inability to care for adequately as documented by deficiencies.

(h) Ban on all Medicare and Medicaid admissions to the facility or to any part thereof. Such bans shall remain in effect until the Department determines that the facility has achieved substantial compliance with all Program Requirements, or until another remedy is substituted for it. A facility may request termination of this remedy in the manner described in (b) above. This remedy shall not be imposed with respect to temporarily hospitalized residents previously residing in a facility placed on such notice who return to the facility after the date of notice, or with respect to residents who become Medicaid eligible and who resided in the facility prior to the date of notice.