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beauty and barber, vending income, interest and contributions, revenues from the sale of meals and all outpatient revenues. Reductions from gross revenue includes bad debts, contractual adjustments, uncompensated care, discounts and adjustments and other revenue deductions;

(vii) "Nursing care facility" means a facility providing nursing care, but does not include a facility solely providing assisted living care, a facility solely providing rehabilitative services or a facility solely providing a combination of assisted living care and rehabilitative services;

(viii) "Resident day" means a calendar day of care provided to a nursing facility resident, including the day of admission and excluding the day of discharge, provided that one (1) resident day shall be deemed to exist when admission and discharge occur on the same day;

(ix) "Upper payment limit" means the limitation established pursuant to 42 C.F.R. 447.272 that disallows federal matching funds when state Medicaid agencies pay certain classes of nursing care facilities an aggregate amount for services furnished by that class of nursing care facilities that would exceed the amount that would be paid under Medicare payment principles.

42-8-103. Nursing care facility assessment account.

(a) The nursing care facility assessment account is created.

(b) The state treasurer shall invest amounts deposited within the account in accordance with law, and all investment earnings shall be credited back to the account.

(c) The account shall consist of:

(i) Amounts collected or received by the department from nursing care facility assessments under this article;

(ii) All federal matching funds received by the department as a result of expenditures made by the department attributable to the account;

(iii) Any interest or penalties levied in conjunction with the administration of this article.