100 Nursing Homes Sue New York

The Reimbursement Reform Act of 2006 requires New York’s Department of Health to base Medicaid reimbursement rates on recent and relevant nursing home costs. Rebasing is the process by which a state updates its calculation of nursing home costs to reflect actual current costs.

In 2007 and 2008, New York began its rebasing processing using transitional rates, but in December 2008 the state reverted to rates from 1983. The state then, with federal approval, delayed the implementation of the new rates until April 2009.

Though these rates were to take effect in 2009, the state still has not updated reimbursement rates for Medicaid residents. As a result, approximately 100 nursing homes have joined a law suit asking for the immediate implementation of the 2006 Act.

See Patti Singer, 100 Nursing Homes Sue State Over Medicaid Reimbursement, Democrat and Chronicle, Mar. 25, 2011.

Special thanks to Jim Hillhouse (WealthCounsel) for bringing this to my attention.