Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0465 - Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Subtitle 0465-01 - General Rules
Chapter 0465-01-02 - Methodology Utilized to Determine Payments to Service Providers (Rate Structure)
Section 0465-01-02-.16 - RATE SETTING METHODOLOGY FOR RESIDENTIAL SPECIAL NEEDS ADJUSTMENT-HOMEBOUND AND NON-RESIDENTIAL HOMEBOUND SUPPORT SERVICES

Current through September 24, 2024

(1) Residential special needs adjustment-homebound and non-residential homebound support service are reimbursed on a fee-for-service basis.

(2) The unit of service is a day, constituting staff coverage for 6 hours each day.

(3) The fee-for-service rate is calculated using the following factors:

(a) DSP reimbursement rate;

(b) Non-direct program costs at the allowable percentage;

(c) Administrative costs;

(d) Projected average waiver participant absentee rate percentage based on 20 leave days per year; and

(e) Rate level factor as defined in 0465-01-02-.03.

(f) This setting is provided in a waiver participant's home and has no transportation cost included.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-3-2701, 4-3-2707, 4-4-103, 4-5-201, et seq., 4-5-208, et seq. and its applicable regulations concerning emergency rules, 33-1-201, 33-1-202, 33-1-203(1) and (6), 33-1-204, 33-1-301, 33-1-302, 33-1-302(a)(3) and (a)(4), 33-1-303, 33-1-303(3) and (11), 33-1-304, 33-1-305(1), and 33-1-309(d); Executive Order of the State of Tennessee No. 23, dated October 19, 1999; State of Tennessee Delegated Purchase Authority DP 10-28649-00 Reg. 515; and the "Reimbursement Rate" for Medical Services under DIDD federal waiver(s) for provision of services as administered by TennCare.

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