Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-893

EHS 893

Home Care

Ms. O'Connor Ives moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section XX, the following new section:-

"SECTION XX. Chapter 118E of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after Section 77, the following:

Section 78: Any non-profit home health agency in the Commonwealth providing Title XIX services in accordance with 114.3 CMR 50.00 and with Medicaid services comprising at least 7 percent of their total visits shall qualify for a Community-Based Safety Net Adjustment. Said adjustment shall amount to no less than 22 percent for skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech therapy and 18 percent for home health aide services; provided further those adjustments and the base rate would remain at the same level past 60 days of service.

The adjustment shall not apply to non- profit agencies who currently receive an episodic payment rate for their Medicaid population."