HFS News & Information

On September 4, 2015, CMS issued a Federal Register notice releasing a draft of revisions to the HHA Cost Report. The new draft form revisions are being proposed to accommodate the statutory requirement for hospice payment reform and the statutory requirement establishing a prospective payment system for Federally Qualified Health Centers in the ACA.

This draft was recently made available at the CMS website:

https://www.cms.gov/Regulations-and-Guidance/Legislation/PaperworkReductionActof1995/PRA-Listing-Items/CMS-1728-94.html?DLPage=1&DLEntries=10&DLSort=1&DLSortDir=descending

Major proposed changes include:

• CMS is proposing that effective for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2014, HHA-based FQHCs would be required to complete the proposed free-standing Form CMS-224-14.
• CMS is proposing to add a Worksheet S-2-1, to replace the current requirement to file a separate Form CMS-339.
• CMS is proposing to eliminate the J Series, previously used for the reporting of Home Health based CORF services.
• CMS is proposing to add Worksheet S-5, Parts III and IV, to implement the new reporting for Hospice services effective for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2015.
• CMS is proposing to add an O Series of Worksheets, to implement the new reporting for Hospice services effective for cost reporting periods beginning on or after October 1, 2015.

If you wish to comment on this draft, you may do so until November 3, 2015 at the following website:

http://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=CMS_FRDOC_0001-1767