The department shall develop and implement a cost-based reimbursement rate methodology using the cost categories as described in Section 14126.023, for freestanding nursing facilities pursuant to this article, excluding nursing facilities that are a distinct part of a facility that is licensed as a general acute care hospital as identified pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 14126.02. The cost-based reimbursement rate methodology shall be effective on August 1, 2005, and shall be implemented on the first day of the month following federal approval.
Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 14126.021
Medi-Cal Long-Term Care Reimbursement Act
Known as the Medi-Cal Long-Term Care Reimbursement Act
The act spans §§ 14126 to 14126.036 (16 sections).
Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 875, Sec. 5
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