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The federal Medicaid program delivered about $1.4 million to Vernon County, Monday, in reimbursement money.
The money was essential for keeping the county's nursing home, Vernon Manor, operating. Last week two county committees discussed that Vernon Manor could have been out of money by July 1 if an accounting problem created by $2 million in late Medicaid reimbursements was not fixed.
According to the minutes of the county strategic planning committee, the county has not been reimbursed from Medicaid for services at Vernon Manor for 30 months. The minutes also state that the county auditor, Jack Vig of Vig and Associates has stated the delay has cost the county as much as $100,000 in interest revenue.
The payment came as anticipated, Monday. The amount owed is due to a number of administrative boondoggles.
Vernon Manor board trustee Ole Yttri last week said he has received regular reports on the issue and there have been a number of reasons for the delay. Yttri said initially the paperwork to receive the reimbursement was not filled out correctly, then the forms were changed so they needed to be filled out again. Yttri said at one point in the process the county was told the money would be deposited in electronically and then it was not. Then it was discovered that the legal address for Vernon Manor not correct and reimbursements may have been gotten misdirected.
Yttri said all of the delays have been corrected.
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