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9/17/2008
Reader Questions: So You're Thinking of Getting Out of Medicaid
Long-Term Care Wire by Medical Newswire
Related Attorney(s):
Christopher
C.
Puri
Boult Cummings attorney, Chris Puri, was quoted in an article from the Long-Term Care Wire presented by Medical Newswire. The article discusses the various considerations a long-term care facility must address in determining whether or not to withdraw a facility from the Medicaid program. Puri sites that, "due to the decrease in Medicaid reimbursement and the increasing acuity of patients in skilled nursing facilities, more providers appear to be considering withdrawing from the Medicaid program." Puri further states that, "a facility can only withdraw from the Medicaid program on a prospective basis. Under federal laws, the facility has to allow any resident admitted prior to the date of withdrawal from Medicaid to continue as a resident. Therefore, a provider won't be completely out of the Medicaid program until all the facility's Medicaid residents (as of the effective date of withdrawal) transfer from the facility or die. In other words some residents could end up being ‘hold-over’ Medicaid residents for years."
To view the full article, please visit the Long Term Care Wire website.
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