Colorado Revised Statutes Title 25.5. Health Care Policy and Financing § 25.5-6-210. Additional supplemental payments--nursing facilities--funding methodology--reporting requirement--rules--repeal

(a) Repealed by Laws 2023, Ch. 278 (H.B. 23-1228), § 4, eff. May 30, 2023.

(b) Repealed by Laws 2023, Ch. 278 (H.B. 23-1228), § 4, eff. May 30, 2023.

(c) A payment to a nursing facility with disproportionately high medicaid utilization or geographically critical to ensuring access to care. In determining qualifying facilities for this payment, the state department shall consider any access to care impacts to individuals not covered by medicaid, including, but not limited to, veterans administration beneficiaries, individuals without health-care coverage, and individuals pending medicaid coverage.

(d) A payment to a nursing facility admitting compassionate release individuals from the department of corrections who need additional services to ensure access to care.

(4)(a) The state department shall pursue federal matching funds. If federal matching funds are unavailable for any reason, payments outlined in this section may be reduced or restricted, subject to available funding.

(b) For the purposes of federal upper payment limit calculations, the state department shall pursue federal matching funds for payments made pursuant to this section but only after securing federal matching funds for payments outlined in sections 25.5-6-203(2) and 25.5-6-208.

(5)(a) Supplemental payments made to nursing facility providers pursuant to this section must be determined based on the most recent available data.

(b) Pursuant to rules promulgated by the state department, payments received pursuant to this section must be reported as revenue on the annual cost report when calculating nursing facility provider per diem reimbursement as directed by the state department.