Section 1324.10.

In addition to the rate of payment that an eligible facility would otherwise receive for intermediate care facility services provided to Medi-Cal beneficiaries, an eligible facility shall receive quarterly supplemental Medi-Cal reimbursement, in an amount determined by the department.

The supplemental Medi-Cal reimbursement provided by this section shall be paid to support the facility's quality improvement efforts and shall be distributed under a payment methodology based on intermediate care services provided to Medi-Cal patients at the eligible facility, either on a per diem basis, or on any other federally permissible basis.

(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 230, Sec. 5. Effective August 11, 2003. Conditionally inoperative as provided in Section 1324.12.)