What are bed holds?
When a Medicaid resident temporarily leaves an adult family home or boarding home for a hospital or nursing home stay and is expected to return within a certain number of days, the provider may request compensation for holding the absent resident’s bed or unit for his/her return. Where will the funding come from to pay for the new bed hold policy? Effective July 1, 2003, the department will reduce all daily rates an average of $.50. The department added this amount to all daily rates on July 1, 2002 to compensate providers for bed holds. The legislature did not appropriate additional funds for bed holds. The department must use the funding that was allotted within the current rate policy to pay for bed holds outside the daily rate. Will the bed hold policy apply to the Division of Developmental Disabilities (DDD) clients? Yes. To authorize bed holds, DDD will have new service codes available in July 2003. The bed hold policy does not apply to DDD group homes. DD group homes refer to DD
