In addition to the rate of payment that an eligible facility would otherwise receive for intermediate care facility services provided to Medi-Cal beneficiaries, an eligible facility shall receive quarterly supplemental Medi-Cal reimbursement, in an amount determined by the department.
The supplemental Medi-Cal reimbursement provided by this section shall be paid to support the facility’s quality improvement efforts and shall be distributed under a payment methodology based on intermediate care services provided to Medi-Cal patients at the eligible facility, either on a per diem basis, or on any other federally permissible basis.
(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 230, Sec. 5. Effective August 11, 2003. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 1324.12.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018