Minnesota Legislature
Nursing facility payment reforms likely to be corrected
The House passed a bill 127-0 Monday that would correct an error in recent nursing facility payment reform legislation.
HF2833/SF2430*, sponsored by Rep. Joe Schomacker (R-Luverne) and Sen. Tony Lourey (DFL-Kerrick), is headed to the governor. It was passed 62-0 by the Senate May 3.
The bill would correct a drafting error in the nursing facility payment rate reforms passed in 2015, which only specified the direct care component of the total care-related per diem instead of the entire section.
The reforms the Legislature passed last session created a new formula for calculating nursing home reimbursements and increased the reimbursement rate with the intent of making the profession more attractive compared to other health care professions in an effort to address workforce shortages.
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