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Posted Jun 8, 20202 min Read
In May Indiana Medicaid announced a 2% rate increase for nursing facilities that attested to being COVID-Ready. Since that time, several facilities have found that they either received the enhanced 2% rate without actually knowing they selected to be COVID-Ready or knowingly selected this option but later decided against it. One of the main elements of concern of being COVID-Ready, thereby qualifying for the 2% rate enhancement, is the attestation that the facility will admit new COVID-19 positive residents even if the facility is COVID-free.
To “de-attest” to the COVID-Ready attestation, a nursing facility must email Derris Harrison, Director of LTC Reimbursement at Indiana Medicaid (Derris.Harrison@fssa.IN.gov) that the facility no longer wants to be designated as COVID-Ready. This “de-attestation” will end the 2% rate increase, but when that rate increase would end depends on whether the selection of COVID-Ready status was a mistake or if the facility has changed its position on being COVID-Ready. The process is as follows:
Derris Harrison at Indiana Medicaid is available for specific and additional questions.