72742 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 235 / Thursday, December 6, 2012 / Rules and RegulationsVa Provider Agreement • January 7th, 2016
Contract Type FiledJanuary 7th, 2016agreement. VA provider agreements under this section will provide for payments at the rate determined by the following formula. For State Homes in a metropolitan statistical area, use the most recently published CMS Resource Utilization Groups (RUG) case-mix levels for the applicable metropolitan statistical area. For State Homes in a rural area, use the most recently published CMS Skilled Nursing Prospective Payment System case-mix levels for the applicable rural area. To compute the daily rate for each State home, multiply the labor component by the State home wage index for each of