405 IAC 5-24-13 Legend and nonlegend solutions for nursing facility residents

Sec. 13. The cost of legend and nonlegend water products used for irrigation or humidification are included in the per diem rate for nursing facilities. When water products used for irrigation or humidification are furnished to a nursing facility resident, they are not separately reimbursable by Medicaid and are not to be billed separately to Medicaid by either the nursing facility or another provider furnishing the products, as set forth in 405 IAC 5-31-4(7). Water agents used (or to be used) as a vehicle to deliver a drug therapy into the body must be reimbursed through the pharmacy benefit and not included in the nursing facility per diem reimbursement.