Section 17-1739.2-5 - Classification of long-term care providers into peer groups For the purpose of establishing the basic PPS rates, providers and costs shall be grouped into the following five mutually exclusive classifications or peer groups:
(1) The costs of delivering care to acuity level A patients in free-standing nursing facilities;(2) The costs of delivering care to acuity level C patients in free-standing nursing facilities;(3) The costs of delivering care to acuity level A patients in hospital-based nursing facilities;(4) The costs of delivering care to acuity level C patients in hospital-based nursing facilities; and(5) The costs of delivering care to acuity level B patients in an ICF/MR.Haw. Code R. § 17-1739.2-5
[Eff 09/01/03] (Auth: HRS § 346-59; 42 U.S.C. §1396 a(30)) (Imp: 42 C.F.R. §447.252 )