Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 411 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, AGING AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Division 70 - NURSING FACILITIES/MEDICAID GENERALLY AND REIMBURSEMENT
Section 411-070-0439 - COVID-19 Emergency Response Incentive Program
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024 ¿
(1) ESTABLISHMENT. The Department establishes the COVID Response Incentive Program (Program). The Program is designed to support nursing facilities in adopting employment policies that protect employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2) The Department will provide additional compensation to nursing facilities who meet the criteria contained in paragraph (3). Such compensation shall be 2.5% of their Medicaid Resident Revenue for services provided during the effective dates of the Program. A facility may be eligible for any continuous 90-day period between May 1, 2020 and September 30, 2020.
(3) CRITERIA. All three of the following criteria must be met in order for a nursing facility to be eligible for the incentive payment.
(4) PAYMENT. The Department of Human Services will provide an incentive payment equal to 2.5% of Medicaid resident revenue for services provided between May 1, 2020 and September 30, 2020, for nursing facilities who meet all of the criteria contained in paragraph (3). A facility may be eligible for any continuous 90-day period between May 1, 2020 and September 30, 2020.
(5) CLAIM. Nursing facilities shall submit a claim for the incentive payment on the form mandated by the Department of Human Services.
(6) APPLICABILITY. The Department will only provide the incentive payment for services provided during the time period May 1, 2020 to September 30, 2020, in which the facility was in compliance with the criteria contained in paragraph (3) and for a continuous 90-day period only.
(7) TIMELINESS. Claims for the incentive payment may be submitted no earlier than October 1, 2020 and no later than December 31, 2020. Nursing facilities may submit one claim form and one supplemental claim for Medicaid resident revenues not previously submitted on the initial claim form.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 410.070
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 410.070