Medical Assistance Services, Department of; payment for certain services to hospice patients.
It became law on Mar 5, 2019.
- Stage
- Became law
- Started in
- House
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Mar 5, 2019
What it does
Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to implement a process for direct payment of nursing facility or ICF/MR services for hospice patients receiving services in a nursing facility or ICF/MR, if such patient would be eligible for medical assistance for nursing facility or ICF/MR services had he not elected to receive hospice care. The bill provides that payments made to a nursing facility or ICF/MR shall be the full amount that would be paid to the nursing facility or ICF/MR, if the individual was not receiving hospice services, and shall not reflect any discount to such rates.
Where it stands
This bill passed and is now law.
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Where it goes next
Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in Virginia.