Fees for Temporary Nursing Services to Increase by $2 Million

Amendments to the regulation on temporary nursing services would raise the maximum rate for services by $2.05 million, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services says. Hospital spending is estimated to increase by $1.64 million and nursing facility spending by $408,000 under proposed amendments to 101 CMR 345.00, a notice states. The proposed revisions establish the rate limits for temporary nursing agency services for each geographic region as purchased by hospitals and nursing facilities, effective May 1. The limits were developed through an analysis of 2014 cost data provided by f...