Indiana Administrative Code
Title 405 - OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF FAMILY AND SOCIAL SERVICES
Article 1 - MEDICAID PROVIDERS AND SERVICES
Rule 16 - Reimbursement for Hospice Services
Section 16-4 - Additional amount for nursing facility residents

(a) An additional per diem amount will be paid directly to the hospice provider for room and board of hospice residents in a certified nursing facility receiving routine or continuous care services, when the office has determined that the member requires nursing facility level of care. Medicaid reimbursement is available for hospice services rendered to a nursing facility resident only if, prior to services being rendered, the hospice and the nursing facility enter into a written agreement under which the hospice takes full responsibility for the professional care management of the resident's hospice care and the nursing facility agrees to provide room and board to the individual. In this context, "room and board" includes all assistance in the activities of daily living, socializing activities, administration of medication, maintaining the cleanliness of a resident's room, and supervision and assisting in the use of durable medical equipment and prescribed therapies.

(b) The room and board rate will be ninety-five percent (95%) of the lowest per diem reimbursement rate Medicaid would have paid to the nursing facility for any resident for those dates of service on which the member was a resident of that facility.

(c) Medicaid payment to the nursing facility for nursing facility care for the hospice resident is discontinued when the resident makes an election to receive hospice care. Any payment to the nursing facility for furnishing room and board to hospice patients is made by the hospice provider under the terms of its agreement with the nursing facility.

(d) The additional amount for room and board is not available for members receiving inpatient respite care or general inpatient care.