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Appropriations subcommittee directs DHHS to develop nursing-facility payment-withhold, delays implementation until 2027
Summary
The appropriations subcommittee agreed to include language directing the Department of Health and Human Services to work with the North Dakota Long Term Care Association to design a payment-withhold structure for value‑based payments to nursing facilities, with a moratorium on implementing any withhold until July 1, 2027.
The Senate Appropriations — Human Resources Division agreed to include an amendment directing the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to work with the North Dakota Long Term Care Association to develop a payment-withhold structure for value‑based payments to nursing facilities, and to delay implementing any withhold until July 1, 2027.
Senator Davidson offered the language (the “Davidson amendment”) stating that DHHS shall collaborate with the association during the 2025‑26 interim to develop a payment-withhold structure for a value‑based care incentive program and shall not implement any withhold before July 1, 2027. "So that gives them two years to work through that process without…
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