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42-8-107. Penalties for failure to pay assessment.

(a)If a nursing care facility fails to pay an assessment…#

(a) If a nursing care facility fails to pay an assessment when due under this article, there shall be added to the assessment a penalty equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of the assessment that was not paid when due. The penalty under this section may be waived by the department for good cause. Any payments after a penalty is assessed under this section shall be credited first to unpaid assessment amounts rather than to penalty or interest amounts, beginning with the most delinquent installment.

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42-8-107. Penalties for failure to pay assessment.

(a)If a nursing care facility fails to pay an assessment…#

(a) If a nursing care facility fails to pay an assessment when due under this article, there shall be added to the assessment a penalty equal to five percent (5%) of the amount of the assessment that was not paid when due. The penalty under this section may be waived by the department for good cause. Any payments after a penalty is assessed under this section shall be credited first to unpaid assessment amounts rather than to penalty or interest amounts, beginning with the most delinquent installment.

(b)In addition to the penalty under subsection (a) of this…#

(b) In addition to the penalty under subsection (a) of this section, the department may implement any of the following remedies for failure of a nursing care facility to pay its assessment when due under this article:

(i)Withhold any medical assistance reimbursement payments…#

(i) Withhold any medical assistance reimbursement payments until the assessment is paid;

(ii)Suspend or revoke the nursing care facility's license;…#

(ii) Suspend or revoke the nursing care facility's license; or

(iii) Develop a plan that requires the nursing care facility to pay any delinquent assessment in installments.

42-8-108. Quarterly adjustment payments.

(a) Each nursing facility is eligible for quarterly adjustments as provided in this section.

(b) The department shall determine the number of days that nursing care facility services were paid for by the Wyoming medical assistance program for the applicable annual cost report. That number of days shall be utilized by the department to determine the nursing care facility adjustment payment. Adjustment payments shall be paid by the department on a quarterly basis to reimburse covered Medicaid expenditures in the aggregate within the upper payment limit. Each quarterly payment shall be made not later than thirty (30) days after the end of the calendar quarter with the initial adjustment payment due not later than thirty (30) days after the approval by the federal centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the state's plan reflecting facility adjustment payments.

42-8-109. Discontinuation of the assessment and quarterly adjustment payments.