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.
55 Pa. Code § 1187.151