Authorizing the commissioner of human services to negotiate with medical assistance (MA) eligible nursing facilities to provide additional special needs services and allowing negotiation for adjustment to the operating cost payment rate; modifying the nursing facility short stay reimbursement rate; increasing nursing facility operating payment rates under the alternative payment demonstration project; modifying case mix indices for nursing facility reimbursement under medical assistance; specifying new nursing facility rebase rates and an additional nursing facility quality add on percent
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