Rate calculation

1. For each cost category, the actual rate is calculated using allowable historical operating costs plus adjustment factors provided for in section 75-02-07.1-21 for the direct care, indirect care, and food and plant cost categories, divided by in-house resident days for the direct care and indirect care cost categories and resident days for the food and plant and property cost categories. The actual rate as calculated for direct care and indirect care is compared to the limit rate for each category to determine the lesser of the actual rate or the limit rate. The lesser of the actual rates or the limit rates for the direct personal care and indirect personal care costs and the operating margin are added to establish the facility's personal care rate. The rates for property costs, food and plant costs, the operating margin for room and board, and the lesser of the actual rates or the limit rates for direct room and board and indirect room and board costs are added to establish the facility's room and board rate. The sum of the personal care rate and the room and board rate is the facility's established rate. 2. The established rate for a licensed nursing facility providing services to an eligible beneficiary is: a. For a nursing facility that shares basic services with a licensed basic care facility, the rate established for the licensed basic care facility as provided for in subsection 1; and b. For a nursing facility that does not share basic services with a licensed basic care facility, the sum of the limit rates for direct care and indirect care costs, the maximum three percent operating margin calculated in section 75-02-07.1-21, and a rate calculated using allowable food and plant and property costs and census used in establishing the nursing facility's current rate under chapter 75-02-06.