§ 256R.24 — Other Operating Payment Rate
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The other operating payment rate covers non-care costs like administration, dietary, housekeeping, laundry, and building maintenance. It is capped at 105 percent of the metro-area median, with annual increases limited to CPI-U inflation or 4 percent.
256R.24 OTHER OPERATING PAYMENT RATE.
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Subdivision 1.Determination of other operating cost per day.
Each facility’s other operating cost per day is its other operating costs divided by the sum of the facility’s resident days. §
Subd. 2.Determination of the median other operating cost per day.
The commissioner must determine the median other operating cost per day using the cost reports from nursing facilities in Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, and Washington Counties. §
Subd. 3.Determination of the other operating payment rate.
A facility’s other operating payment rate equals the lesser of (1) 105 percent of the median other operating cost per day, (2) the previous year’s other operating payment rate times one plus CPI-U inflation, or (3) 104 percent of the previous year’s other operating payment rate.
History:
2016 c 99 art 1 s 19; 1Sp2025 c 9 art 1 s 16
History: History: 2016 c 99 art 1 s 19; 1Sp2025 c 9 art 1 s 16