MEDICAID-MMAI-REIMBURSEMENT

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall provide each managed care organization with the quarterly fee-for-service facility-specific nursing component (rather than facility-specific RUG-IV nursing component) per diem along with any add-ons for enhanced care services, support component per diem, and capital component per diem effective for each nursing home under contract with the managed care organization. Provides that no managed care contract shall provide for a level of reimbursement lower than the fee-for-service rate in effect for the facility at the time service is rendered. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 305 ILCS 5/5F-35 Adds reference to: 305 ILCS 5/5-4 from Ch. 23, par. 5-4 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the amount and nature of medical assistance.