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Merrimack County nursing home avoids projected ProShare cut; private-rate increase held steady amid light census gains
Summary
County staff reported that a feared $1.5 million ProShare reduction did not materialize after state guidance; county increased private pay rates and reported census gains but said changes were modest.
MERRIMACK COUNTY — County staff reported better-than-expected news on ProShare calculations for the Merrimack County nursing home and described ongoing efforts to raise census and align private pay rates to actual cost per day.
Heather, a county nursing-home staff member, told commissioners that a change proposed by state guidance and CMS had threatened roughly a $1.5 million reduction in ProShare funding. Staff adjusted the facility's private rate because the private rate had…
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