Special Notice
This notice was published in the April 1, 2019, issue (Vol. 2019, No. 7) of the Utah State Bulletin.
Special Notice: Patient Life Enhancement Incentive
The Division of Medicaid and Health Financing (DMHF) will submit changes to the Medicaid State Plan to update the patient life enhancement quality improvement incentive for qualifying nursing facility providers.
These changes update the per-bed limit to allow providers to receive the QII2 limit amount of each Medicaid-certified bed. The changes also include a water management program and fall-reduction beds as additional covered items in the incentive program.
This State Plan Amendment (SPA 19-0003-UT) does not impact total annual expenditures for the Medicaid program.
This amendment is pending approval from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, and the proposed effective date is July 1, 2019.
A copy of these changes may be obtained from Craig Devashrayee (801-538-6641), or by writing the Technical Writing Unit, Utah Department of Health, PO Box 143102, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-3102. Comments are welcome at the same address. Copies of these changes are also available at local county health department offices.
Additional Information
The Portable Document Format (PDF) version of the Bulletin is the official version. The PDF version of this issue is available at https://rules.utah.gov/publicat/bull_pdf/2019/b20190401.pdf. The HTML edition of the Bulletin is a convenience copy. Any discrepancy between the PDF version and HTML version is resolved in favor of the PDF version.
For questions regarding this notice, please contact Craig Devashrayee, by phone at 801-538-6641, by FAX at 801-538-6099, or by Internet E-mail at cdevashrayee@utah.gov.