{"id":498,"date":"2025-02-25T17:21:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dss\/ltcnursingprogram\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T17:21:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T17:21:53","slug":"ltcnursingprogram","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dss\/ltcnursingprogram\/","title":{"rendered":"ltcnursingprogram ~  DSS Medical Assistance Programs: Long Term Care Nursing Facility Program  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n  \n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\n\n     <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dss\/ltcnursingprogram.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n      <\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n    \n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]-->Long Term Care Guide Nursing Facility Program<!--[END]--><\/h1>\n\n    <\/header>\n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n \n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Social Services  Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dss\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n    <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/about.html\">About DSS<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; Programs<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/faq.html\">FAQs<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n  \n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/contact.html\">Contact Information<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/ofclocations.html\">Office Locations<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n  <\/ul><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#ServicesMenu\"><h2>Services <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n    <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"ServicesMenu\">  \n    <li>\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/assist.dhss.delaware.gov\/\">ASSIST<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/cashast.html\">Cash Assistance<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/genast.html\">General Assistance<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/refast.html\">Refugee Cash Assistance<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/tanf.html\">Temporary Assistance (TANF)<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/foodstamps.html\">Food Supplement Program<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/childcr.html\">Child Care<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/fpl.html\">Income and Eligibility<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n  <\/ul><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#InformationMenu\"><h2>Information <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n    <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"InformationMenu\">\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/regs.html\">Regulations<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/pubs.html\">Publications &#038; Forms<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n    <li>\n      <a href=\"\/dss\/repstats.html\">Reports &#038; Statistics<\/a>\n    <\/li>\n  <\/ul><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n              <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n          <\/div>\n\n        <\/div><br>\n\n      <\/div>\n\n\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-9\" id=\"main_content\"> \n\n  <!--[type=HTMLEDIT name=\"Content\"]-->\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n  This program pays for the cost of care in nursing facilities in Delaware that have contracts with Medicaid. These nursing facilities\n\n\n\n  provide room, board, and nursing services to persons who are elderly, infirm, or disabled. An individual applying for the Nursing\n\n\n\n  Facility Program must be in need of skilled or intermediate level of care as defined by Delaware Medicaid criteria. In other words, the\n\n\n\n  individual must require the level of care provided by a nursing facility.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n  If in a nursing facility, a Medicaid resident may keep $44.00 of his monthly income. The rest of his income must be paid to the facility\n\n\n\n  unless an amount has been protected for\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n\n\n\n  <li>health insurance premiums,\u00a0\n\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n\n  <li>medically necessary medical equipment and services not covered by Medicaid (e.g. eye glasses, dentures, hearing aids..) and\/or\u00a0\n\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n\n  <li>the needs of a community spouse under the <strong>Spousal Impoverishment provision<\/strong>.\n\n\n\n  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n  If a patient in a Medicaid enrolled nursing facility runs out of private funds and converts to Medicaid payment, the nursing facility\n\n\n\n  cannot discharge him if there is an available Medicaid certified bed.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n  Federal law prohibits nursing facilities from charging Medicaid residents or their families for items and\/or services that are covered by\n\n\n\n  Medicaid.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n  Nursing facilities which accept Medicaid cannot ask Medicaid residents for contributions as a condition of admission or charge fees to\n\n\n\n  supplement the Medicaid rate.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n\n  Nursing facilities must provide a list of what items and services are included in the basic Medicaid rate and what items or services\n\n\n\n  would require an extra charge. 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