Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 350-7-.01 - Definitions

(1) "Medically indigent" means a person who meets the state-wide standards of indigency adopted by the Department which is a person with an income no greater than 200 percent of the federal poverty level guidelines as published by the United States Department Health and Human Services.

(2) "Nursing home" means a freestanding facility or distinct part or unit of a hospital required to be licensed or permitted as a nursing home under the provisions of O.C.G.A. Title 31, Chapter 8, Article 5, which is not owned or operated by the state or federal government.

(3) "Nursing Home that disproportionately serves the medically indigent" means a nursing home for which the patient days attributable to medically indigent residents account for more than 15 percent of the nursing home's total patient days during a 12-month period. For purposes of this computation, Medicare program patient days shall not be included in the nursing home's total patient days.

(4) "Patient day" means a day of care provided to an individual resident of a nursing home by the nursing home. A patient day includes the date of admission but does not include the date of discharge, unless the dates of admission and discharge occur on the same day.

(5) "Provider fee" means the fee imposed pursuant to these rules for the privilege of operating a nursing home.

(6) "Segregated account" means an account for the dedication and deposit of provider fees which is established within the Indigent Care Trust Fund.

(7) "State plan" means all documentation submitted by the Commissioner of the Department of Community Health to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, pursuant to Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act.

(8) "Trust fund" means the Indigent Care Trust Fund created pursuant to O.C.G.A. Title 31, Chapter 8, Article 6.

(9) "Waiver" means a waiver of the uniform tax requirement for permissible health care related taxes, as provided for in 42 C.F.R. § 433.68(e)(2)(i)(ii).

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Ga. Comp. R. & Regs. R. 350-7-.01

O.C.G.A. Sec. 31-8-5.

Original Rule entitled "Definitions" adopted. F. July 2, 2003; eff. July 22, 2003.