- (1) All nursing facilities that desire to receive a supplemental fee-for-service payment for providing services to ventilator-dependent and/or qualified tracheostomy Medicaid residents must execute an Addendum to the current Nursing Facility Provider Agreement with the Alabama Medicaid Agency.
- (2) The nursing facility must complete a Medicaid enrollment application to serve ventilator-dependent and/or qualified tracheostomy residents. The application must include the number of beds designated to serve ventilator-dependent residents and/or qualified tracheostomy residents.
Author: Marilyn F. Chappelle, Director, Long Term Care Division
Statutory Authority: State Plan; Title XIX, Social Security Act; and 42 CFR Section 401, et seq., Section 483.75
History: New Rule: Filed December 12, 2011; effective January 16, 2012.