Subsection 144-101-III-67-44 - SPECIAL WAGE ALLOWANCES FOR JANUARY 1, 2020 - JUNE 30, 2021 AND JANUARY 1, 2022 - JUNE 30, 202244.1 A special wage allowance shall be made to provide for increases in wages and wage-related benefits in both the direct care cost component and routine care cost component as follows: The allocated amount, up to ten percent (10%), of all allowable wages and associated benefits and taxes, not including contract labor, as reported on each facility's cost report for its fiscal year ending in calendar year 2016 for the period of January 1, 2020-June 30, 2021, and the facility's cost report for its fiscal year ending in calendar year 2020 for the period of January 1, 2022-June 30, 2022, and shall be added to the cost per resident day in calculating each facility's prospective rate, notwithstanding any otherwise applicable caps or limits on reimbursement. This special wage allowance shall be allowed and paid at final audit to the full extent that it does not cause reimbursement to exceed the facility's allowable costs in that fiscal year.
44.2 A special wage allowance shall be made to provide for increases in contract labor in both the direct care cost component and routine care cost component as follows. The allocated amount, up to ten percent (10%), of all allowable contract labor as reported on each facility's cost report for its fiscal year ending in calendar year 2017 and shall be added to the cost per resident day in calculating each facility's prospective rate, notwithstanding any otherwise applicable caps or limits on reimbursement. This special wage allowance shall be allowed and paid at final audit to the full extent that it does not cause reimbursement to exceed the facility's allowable costs in that fiscal year.44.3January 1 through June 30, 2022: The Special Wage Allowance for the period January 1 through June 30, 2022 is authorized for reimbursement under Principle 34 (Extraordinary Circumstance Allowance). C.M.R. 10, 144, ch. 101, ch. III, 144-101-III-67, subsec. 144-101-III-67-44