Brian Center to lose Medicare, Medicaid funding
Published 3:18 pm Thursday, August 3, 2017
SALISBURY — Beginning on Sept. 11, local nursing facility the Brian Center will no provide services for those with Medicare and Medicaid.
According to a public notice from the Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services, the facility will undergo an “involuntary termination” of its Medicare and Medicaid provider agreement.
“The Medicare/Medicaid programs will not make payment for inpatient nursing services to residents who are admitted after Sept. 11, 2017,” it reads.
Residents admitted prior to Sept. 11 will have covered nursing services at the Brian Center for 30 days before funding is cut off on Oct. 11.
According to the notice, the provider failed to comply with Medicare and Medicaid participation requirements.
The Salisbury Post has reached out to the Brian Center and to the Center for Medicare and Medicaid services for comment, but has not received a reply.
This story will be updated as more information becomes available.