Nursing Facilities
Nursing Homes and Treasury’s Electronic Payments Requirement
People who live in nursing homes – and the organizations themselves – must comply with Treasury’s electronic payment requirement.
What Nursing Homes Need To Do
- Determine which current residents receive a federal benefit payment by paper check and help them make the switch to direct deposit.
- Guidelines on how to sign-up current residents for electronic payments
- Guidelines on how to sign-up current residents for electronic payments
- Review intake procedures; ensure you are using the most current forms from the Social Security Administration and other paying agencies.
- Guidelines on how to sign-up new admissions for electronic payments
- Guidelines on how to sign-up new admissions for electronic payments
- You can sign up on this website, call the U.S. Treasury Electronic Payment Solution Center at (800) 333-1795, Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. EST for assistance, or visit your local Social Security Administration office (this is usually required when a nursing facility is establishing representative payee status on behalf of a patient).
Please note:
Treasury’s regulation 31 CFR Part 210 permits payments to Skilled Nursing Facilities' Resident Trust Accounts if approved/authorized by the beneficiary. Please note that a rep payee may not authorize a beneficiary's payments into a Resident Trust Account.
Additional Resources
- September 18, 2012 AHCA and Go Direct® Webinar Questions and Answers
- Contact list for transitioning federal benefit payments to direct deposit
- Customized newsletter article to inform your patients, residents and their families about the electronic payments requirement.
- Glossary of key words
- Presentation that includes information on common situations nursing homes may encounter and how to help residents convert to direct deposit.
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