Medicaid Nursing Home Rates Estimated At $194 Per Day

The state-level median Medicaid nursing home reimbursement rate was estimated at $194.02 per bed per day in 2019 using a new calculation methodology based on publicly available data, compared to a previous estimate of $201.73 per day derived from proprietary data sources. The researchers stated the new methodology could provide a standardized measure for monitoring Medicaid nursing home payment trends and evaluating policy changes.

Medicaid is a primary payer for nursing home services in the United States, with state budgets significantly impacted by nursing home spending, the report stated. However, previous efforts to calculate average Medicaid nursing . . .