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Finance director: Rockingham County nursing home sees preliminary $23-per-day Medicaid rate increase
Summary
County finance staff reported a preliminary increase in the Medicaid daily rate for the county nursing home of roughly $23.25, driven by updated acuity capture and MDS coding improvements; staff said the added revenue would flow to unreserved fund balance pending final state action.
Chuck Nickerson, the county finance director, told commissioners on June 4 that Rockingham County’s preliminary Medicaid nursing-home rate for July 1 was significantly higher than earlier budget assumptions.
Nickerson said the county’s tentative Medicaid nursing-home rate moved from about $2,267.94 to $2,291.19 per day — an increase of roughly $23.25 per resident per day. "Rockingham County is anticipating $23.25, tentatively," Nickerson said, adding the increase reflects efforts by…
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