1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 231 14 15 16 17 66 42 '(2) (A) The Secretary shall not enter into an agreement under this subsection with any hospital unless "(i) for a period specified by the Secretary (not less than twelve months) which immediately precedes the date the agreement is entered into, the hospital has had an average daily occupancy rate of less than 60 percent, “(ii) the hospital is located in a rural area and has less than 50 beds, and "(iii) the hospital has been granted a certificate of need for the provision of long-term care services from the agency of the State (which has been desig nated as the State health planning and development agency under an agreement pursuant to section 1521 of the Public Health Service Act) in which the hospital is located. "(3) An agreement with a hospital entered into under 18 this section shall, except as otherwise provided under reg19 ulations of the Secretary, be of the same duration and 20 subject to termination on the same conditions as are agree21 ments with skilled nursing facilities under section 1866, 22 unless the hospital fails to satisfy the requirements defined 23 in paragraph (2) (A) of this subsection and shall, where not 24 inconsistent with any provision of this subsection, impose 25 the same duties, responsibilities, conditions, and limitations, 43 as those imposed under such agreements entered into under 2 section 1866; except that no such agreement with any hos3 pital shall be in effect for any period during which the hos4 pital does not have in effect an agreement under section 5 1866, or where there is in effect for the hospital a waiver of 6 the requirement imposed by subsection (e) (5). A hospital 7 whose agreement has been terminated shall not be eligible 8 to undertake a new agreement until a two-year period has 9 elapsed from the termination date. 10 "(4) Any agreement with a hospital under this sub11 section shall provide that payment for services will be made 12 only for services for which payment would be made as post13 hospital extended care services, if those services had been 14 furnished by a skilled nursing facility under an agreement 15 entered into under section 1866; and any individual who is 16 furnished services, for which payment may be made under an 17 agreement, shall, for purposes of this title (other than this 18 subsection), be deemed to have received post-hospital ex19 tended care services in like manner and to the same extent 20 as if the services furnished to him had been post-hospital 21 extended care services furnished by a skilled nursing facility 22 under an agreement under section 1866. 23 "(5) During a period for which a hospital has in effect 24 an agreement under this subsection, in order to allocate rou25 tine costs between hospital and long-term care services for 44 1 purposes of determining payment for inpatient hospital serv 2 3 4 5 6 7 ices (including the application of reimbursement limits specified in section 1861 (aa)), the total reimbursement received for routine services from all classes of long-term care patients, including title XVIII, title XIX, and private pay patients, shall be subtracted from the hospital's total routine costs before calculations are made to determine title XVIII reim8 bursement for routine hospital services. 9 10 "(6) During any period during which an agreement is in effect with a hospital under this subsection, the hospital 11 shall, for services furnished by it under the agreement, be 12. considered to satisfy the requirements, otherwise required, of 13 a skilled nursing facility for purposes of the following provisions: sections 1814 (a) (2) (C), 1814 (a) (6), 1814 (a) 15 (7), 1814 (h), 1861 (a) (2), 1861 (i), 1861 (j) (except 16 1861 (j) (12)), and 1861 (n); and the Secretary shall 17 specify any other provisions of this Act where the hospital 18 may be considered as a skilled nursing facility. 14 19 "(7) (c) Within three years after enactment, the Secre 20 tary shall provide a report to the Congress containing an evaluation of the program established under this subsection. 22 concerning: 23 2 2 2 2 2 24 25 "(1) The extent and effect of the agreements on availability and effective and economical provision of long-term care services, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 and 45 "(2) whether the program should be continued, "(3) whether eligibility should be extended to other hospitals, regardless of bed size or geographic lo cation, where there is a shortage of long-term care beds.". (b) Title XIX of such Act is amended by adding at 8 the end thereof the following new section: 9 "HOSPITAL PROVIDERS OF SKILLED NURSING AND INTER 10 11 MEDIATE CARE SERVICES "SEC. 1911. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 12 of this title, payment may be made, in accordance with 13 this section, under an approved State plan for skilled nurs14 ing services and intermediate care services furnished by a 15 hospital which has in effect an agreement under section 16 1861 (bb). 17 "(b) (1) Payment to any such hospital, for any skilled 18 nursing or intermediate care services furnished, shall be at a 19 rate equal to the average rate per patient-pay paid for routine 20 services during the previous calendar year under this title to skilled nursing and intermediate care facilities located in 225 22 the State in which the hospital is located. The reasonable 23 cost of ancillary services shall be determined in the same manner as the reasonable cost of ancillary services provided 25 for inpatient hospital service .1 46 "(2) With respect to any period for which a hospital 2 has an agreement under section 1861 (bb), in order to allo3 cate routine costs between hospital and long-term care serv4 ices, the total reimbursement for routine services received 5 from all classes of long-term care patients, including title 6 XVIII, title XIX, and private pay patients, shall be sub7 tracted from the hospital total routine costs before calcula8 tions are made to determine title XIX reimbursement for 9 routine hospital services.". 10 (c) The amendments made by this section shall be11 come effective on the date on which final regulations, promul12 gated by the Secretary to implement the amendments, are 13 issued; and those regulations shall be issued not later than 14. the first day of the sixth calendar month following the month 15 in which this Act is enacted. 16 REIMBURSEMENT RATES UNDER MEDICAID FOR SKILLED 17 18 NURSING AND INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES SEC. 21. Section 1902 (a) (13) (E) of the Social Se19 curity Act is amended by inserting "(and which may, at the 20 option of the State, include a reasonable profit for the facil21 ity in the form of: (a) fixed per diem amounts or, (b) 22 incentive payments related to efficient performance, or (c) 23 a rate of return on net equity)" immediately after "cost 24 related basis". |