North Dakota Postpones New Rate Setting For I/DD Providers

On October 1, 2016, the North Dakota Department of Human Services (DHS) said it would delay its timeline for implementing a new rate-setting system for intellectual and developmental disability (I/DD) service provider organizations. DHS had been planning to convert the state's current retrospective, cost-based, rate system to a prospective fee-for-service system on January 1, 2017. The delay is to allow more time to evaluate the number of consumers who could be affected if their provider chooses to provide less support or to discharge them.

State Senate Bill 2043 of 2011 directed DHS to develop . . .