A Tennessee bill on Medicaid payment, signed into law. Takes effect May 26, 2026.
Official title AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 10, relative to medicaid reimbursement for medicaid nursing facilities.
As enacted, extends the nursing home annual assessment fee to June 30, 2027; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 10.
What this affects
- Who pays, or is paid
- The state's Medicaid program pays. Every Medicaid-certified nursing facility in Tennessee is paid off this schedule.
- Which buildings
- 303 facilities holding 34,613 licensed beds in Tennessee.
- The dollars, or the rule
- Applies to Medicaid-participating nursing facilities in Tennessee subject to the annual assessment fee under Title 71, Chapter 5, Part 10. The bill rolls forward the assessment period, payment dates, and fiscal-year references by one year, extending the fee through June 30, 2027, with related payment deadlines moved…
- Effective
- May 26, 2026 (already in force).
- Status
- Signed into law, as of May 26, 2026.
Rate changes reach every Medicaid bed in the state, and a thin-margin operator feels them within a quarter.
Latest action, May 26, 2026: Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
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Bill text and status: wapp.capitol.tn.gov · retrieved August 3, 2026