# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 09 — Medical Care Programs

### Chapter 10 — Nursing Facility Services

#### Regulation .14 Pay-for-Performance — Eligibility.

*COMAR 10.09.10.14*

In order to be eligible to receive funds through the pay-for-performance program under the provisions of Regulations .15—.19 of this chapter:

A. The provider shall be subject to quality assessment under COMAR 10.01.20; and

B. During the 1 year period ending March 31 of the prior State fiscal year, the provider may not have been:

  (1) Identified by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services as a special focus facility;

  (2) Denied payment for new admissions by the Department; or

  (3) Identified by the Department as delivering substandard quality of care.