Pennsylvania Code
Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES
Part III - MEDICAL ASSISTANCE MANUAL
Chapter 1187 - NURSING FACILITY SERVICES
Subchapter K - EXCEPTIONAL PAYMENT FOR NURSING FACILITY SERVICES
Section 1187.151 - Definitions
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Exceptional DME grant or grant-Authorization permitting exceptional payments under specified terms to a nursing facility, in addition to the nursing facility's case-mix per diem rate, for nursing facility services that are provided to a specified resident and that involve the use of certain exceptional DME. The amount of the additional payment authorized by a grant is based upon the necessary, reasonable and prudent cost of the exceptional DME and the related services and items specified in the grant.
Resident-An MA eligible resident of a nursing facility enrolled in the MA Program who, in a request for an exceptional DME grant, is identified as needing exceptional DME.