Skilled Nursing Facilities

Applying Rates

After rates are accepted, the rates must be applied at the facility level. Rate lines for the effective date appear yellow until rates are applied. 

Applying rates on the payer applies room rates and creates a new rate history line with the effective date in census/rates for each resident for the payer.

Note

The best practice is select print and review the setup to ensure it is correct before applying rates. 

  1. Admin > Setup > Payer Rules & Rate Schedules 

  2. Locate the Payer and the applicable Effective Date rate line.

  3. Click apply rates.

  4. At the message, click OK. A Rate Update Result list appears with all residents the rates were applied to. 

  • You can select view applied for a list of all residents the rates were applied. 

  • If a rate update is created at the management console and scheduled to apply overnight, you see scheduled on the rate line for the payer it applies to.

  • If a rate update is created at the management console and scheduled to apply overnight, you can manually apply rate at the facility for immediate use. 

  • If a resident has a custom room the new rate line has the custom rate from the previous rate line and, if applicable, the reimbursement rate from the new rate schedule. 

  • If a resident has a custom reimbursement rate, the new rate line has the custom rate from the previous rate line and the standard rate from the new rate schedule.