DHHS Advances Support for fb88’s Nursing and Residential Care Facilities

Feb 2, 2022

Today, the fb88 Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) issued new fb88Care payment rates to nursing facilities, to be followed shortly by rates for residential care facilities (Private Non-Medical Institutions (PNMI), Appendix C), which increase funding by $12 million from January through June 2022. This includes the $4.5 million appropriated in the biennial budget for increasing rates, effective January 1, 2022, to support at least 125 percent of the minimum wage for direct care workers.