In accordance with the public notice requirements of 42 CFR 447.205, the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration, Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning (OMPP) publishes this notice of proposed changes to the reimbursement methodology for nursing facilities. This public notice period will run from May 16, 2018, to June 18, 2018.

OMPP proposes to use the report card score published on June 30, 2017, to establish the report card score measure of the nursing facility total quality score for Medicaid reimbursement rates effective July 1, 2018, in accordance with IC 12-15-14-9.

This State Plan Amendment will not result in a change to Medicaid reimbursement, since the report card score measure of the total quality score used for calculating reimbursement rates for July 1, 2018, will remain unchanged for each nursing facility from the report card score used for calculating their July 1, 2017, reimbursement rates.

A copy of this notice is now on file at the Indiana Government Center South, 402 West Washington Street, Room W451, Indianapolis, Indiana and is open for public inspection. Also, a copy of this notice is now available and may be inspected by contacting the local county Division of Family Resources office, except in Marion County, where public inspection may be made at the Indiana Government Center South, 402 West Washington Street, Room W374, Indianapolis, Indiana.

Written comments may be directed to FSSA, Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning, Attention: Kelly Flynn, 402 West Washington Street, Room W374, MS07, Indianapolis, IN 46207-7083. Correspondence should be identified in the following manner: COMMENT RE: REPORT CARD SCORE FOR NURSING FACILITIES. Comments may also be emailed to spacomment@fssa.in.gov. Written comments will be made available for public inspection at the address herein of the OMPP.

Jennifer Walthall, MD, MPH

Secretary

Family and Social Services Administration