New Jersey Medicaid FFS Nursing Home Rates 18% Below Actual Cost

The fee-for-service (FFS) Medicaid rates paid to New Jersey nursing homes were about 18% below the actual cost of care in 2017. The average per person daily cost was $255.76. The state reimbursement was $208.64. The shortfall for nursing homes with Medicaid residents amounted to $416 million.

These statistics were compiled by the American Health Care Association in its most recent Medicaid Shortfall Report, which presents data for each state for 2008 through 2017. The report focused on New Jersey’s shortfall shows that the state rate has always been below the cost of care, with . . .