Section 68-1009 - Hospital; reimbursement for certain services; conditions(1) The state shall provide medicaid reimbursement to a hospital at one hundred percent of the statewide average nursing facility per diem rate for an individual if the individual: (a) Is enrolled in the medical assistance program;(b) has been admitted as an inpatient to such hospital;(c) no longer requires acute inpatient care and discharge planning as described in 42 C.F.R. 482.43;(d) requires nursing facility level of care upon discharge; and(e) is unable to be transferred to a nursing facility due to a lack of available nursing facility beds available to the individual or, in cases where the transfer requires a guardian, has been approved for appointment of a public guardian and the State Court Administrator is unable to appoint a public guardian.(2) Reimbursement for services shall be subject to federal approval.Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 68-1009
Added by Laws 2023, LB 227,§ 63, eff. 6/7/2023, op. 9/2/2023.