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MB H04- 060 Policy/Procedure

June 25, 2004

| TO: |Area Agency on Aging Directors |

| |Home and Community Services Regional Administrators |

|FROM: |Penny Black, Director, Home and Community Services Division (HCS) |

| |Kathy Marshall, Director, Management Services Division (MSD) |

|SUBJECT: |LICENSED BOARDING HOMES WITH ASSISTED LIVING CONTRACTS RECEIVING A CAPITAL ADD-ON RATE |

| |JULY 1, THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2004 |

|Purpose: |To notify field staff of the Licensed Boarding Homes with Assisted Living (AL) contracts that will receive a |

| |capital add-on to the Medicaid daily rate for the six-month period beginning July 1, 2004. |

|Background: |In accordance with WAC 388-105-0035, the Office of Rates Management (ORM)/MSD bi-yearly calculates each AL |

| |contractor’s Medicaid minimum occupancy percentage to determine the AL Medicaid occupancy percentage at which the|

| |estimated total budgeted funds for capital add-ons for the six-month period will be expended. |

|What’s new, changed, or |For the period July 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004, the ORM determined the funds would be expended at 65% |

|Clarified |occupancy. Thirteen AL contractors had a Medicaid occupancy of 65% or greater for the six-month period beginning|

| |one year prior to July 1, 2004. |

|ACTION: |Effective July 1, 2004 – field staff should: |

| |Add or continue SSPS authorization for capital add-on rate to facilities on the attached list titled: AL |

| |Facilities Receiving A Capital Add-On Rate; and |

| |Terminate SSPS authorization for capital add-on rate to facilities that no longer appear on the list. |

|Related |WAC 388-105-0035 |

|REFERENCES: | |

|ATTACHMENT(S): |[pic] [pic] |

|CONTACT(S): |Inquiries to: Anna Glaas (360) 725-2445 or GlaasAG@dshs. |

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