Attention Nursing Homes Nursing Home Update for Hurricane Dorian

Hurricane Dorian is predicted to affect the state of North Carolina with the greatest impact on Thursday, Sept. 5 and Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. The safety of your staff and the Medicaid members served by your agency are of prime importance. In the event your area is impacted, please follow the instructions of the local emergency operations in your area and implement your emergency plan.

Level I and II PASRR screenings will not be required for new admissions. If the individual is expected to remain in the nursing facility for more than 30 days, a notice of the need for a PASRR review should be submitted via NCMUST. In addition, those individuals transferred from one nursing facility to another nursing facility as a result of the hurricane will not be considered a new admission and will not need a PASRR screening. The transferring nursing facility must ensure that all copies of the resident’s PASRR paperwork (including any Level II information) is transferred with the individual. For those individuals receiving specialized services, the nursing facility should focus on promoting the basic health and safety of individuals who had been receiving specialized services in the nursing facility before the crisis or who were receiving specialized services in another nursing facility before the transfer. 

The admitting nursing facility is responsible for submitting a claim for payment. Those nursing facilities serving as an emergency shelter due to Hurricane Dorian cannot submit a claim for payment.