Idaho Code § 56-117
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56-117 PAYMENT OF SPECIAL RATES.
Official statutory text
PART B
FREE-STANDING SKILLED CARE AND INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES
56-117. Payment of special rates. The director shall have authority to pay facilities at special rates for care given to patients who have long-term care needs not adequately reflected in the rates calculated pursuant to the principles set forth in section 56-265, Idaho Code. The payment for such specialized care will be in addition to any payments made in accordance with other provisions of this chapter. The incremental cost to a facility that exceeds the rate for services provided pursuant to the provisions of section 56-265, Idaho Code, will be excluded from the computation of payments or rates under other provisions of this chapter. Until the facility applies for a special rate, patients with such needs will be included in the computation of the facility's rates following the principles described in section 265, Idaho Code.
History:
[56-117, added 1989, ch. 362, sec. 2, p. 908; am. 1999, ch. 82, sec. 6, p. 276; am. 2011, ch. 164, sec. 5, p. 466.]
FREE-STANDING SKILLED CARE AND INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES
56-117. Payment of special rates. The director shall have authority to pay facilities at special rates for care given to patients who have long-term care needs not adequately reflected in the rates calculated pursuant to the principles set forth in section 56-265, Idaho Code. The payment for such specialized care will be in addition to any payments made in accordance with other provisions of this chapter. The incremental cost to a facility that exceeds the rate for services provided pursuant to the provisions of section 56-265, Idaho Code, will be excluded from the computation of payments or rates under other provisions of this chapter. Until the facility applies for a special rate, patients with such needs will be included in the computation of the facility's rates following the principles described in section 265, Idaho Code.
History:
[56-117, added 1989, ch. 362, sec. 2, p. 908; am. 1999, ch. 82, sec. 6, p. 276; am. 2011, ch. 164, sec. 5, p. 466.]
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