Civil Money Penalty Emergency Payments

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​​​Emergency Fund Payment Program Overview

The Emergency Fund Payment Program (EFPP) is a part of the Civil Money Penalty (CMP) Program and is intended to provide emergency financial assistance as defined below:

• Provide financial assistance to Medicaid/dually-certified nursing facilities in the event of facility closure (voluntary/involuntary) to ensure for adequate care, safety, and discharge/relocation of residents
• Loss of resident property in the event of a qualifying disaster
  

A qualifying disaster is defined as any of the following events:

• Flood
• Fire/explosion
  
• Tornado
• Other storm damage (i.e. wind, hail, lightning)

In addition to meeting disaster criteria, EFPP payments for resident property are only available when:

• Nursing facility/other applicable insurance policy(ies) does not cover the resident property loss; or
• Nursing facility's or other applicable insurance policy(ies) does not cover the entirety of the resident property lost
  

How to apply

The following items are required to be submitted for review:

• EFPP request for assistance with concise explanation of the reason(s) for the financial assistance request (must include one of the reasons cited above);
• Nursing facility/other applicable insurance policy documentation that shows denial of coverage and/or underinsured coverage for qualifying disaster defined above;

EFPP financial assistance requests and documents may be sent via email to any of the following for review:

• Daniel Taylor, Administrator, daniel.taylor@​neb​raska.gov​ 
  
• Dawn Sybrant, Program Manager II, dawn.sybrant@nebraska.gov; DHHS.NebraskaCMP@n​ebraska.gov​