(2) As used in this section, "patient-based reimbursement" means reimbursement for direct patient care according to the needs of the patient, based on multiple levels of patient health, functioning and impairment.
(3) A patient-based reimbursement system does not require the Department of Human Services to assess each patient and reimburse long term care facilities according to the constantly changing conditions of the patients except for changes between skilled and intermediate levels of care which shall result in prompt readjustment of rates.
(4) The department shall establish by rule definitions of levels of care and the payment rates for the patient-based reimbursement system. The rates shall be designed to maintain and enhance access to community-based care services.
(5) Notwithstanding ORS 410.555, the department, in cooperation with representatives of community-based care providers, shall implement policies that offer incentives to providers for entering into Medicaid contracts with the department and that enable a patient, to the greatest extent possible, to remain in the residential setting offering the scope of services that best meets the patient’s needs. [1987 c.523 §2 (enacted in lieu of 410.850); 2007 c.70 §186; 2008 c.18 §11; 2011 c.201 §10]