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PRA Notice CMS–2540-23 Skilled Nursing Facility and Skilled Nursing Facility Healthcare Complex Cost Report

September 29th, 2023 No comments

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) published a notice in the Federal Register dated September 27, 2023 regarding a proposed revision to the Skilled Nursing Facility and Skilled Nursing Facility Healthcare Complex Cost Report (proposed Form CMS-2540-23).   Links to the Federal Register notice and PRA posting are below and comments must be received by November 27, 2023.  Instructions for providing comments are included in the Federal Register notice and a summary of the proposed changes is contained in the Supporting Statement contained within the PRA notice.

Federal Register Notice

Published PRA Notice

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Electronic Templates for Cost Report Exhibits

September 29th, 2023 No comments
CMS has published and uploaded all final/ready-to-use documentation for the optional electronic specifications and templates to a new info page on CMS.gov: Electronic Cost Report Exhibit Templates  

The published specifications and templates support the Medicare Bad Debt Listing (across the various applicable cost report forms), and the Medicaid Eligible Days (Exhibit 3A , Charity Care Charges (Exhibit 3B), and Total Bad Debt (Exhibit 3C) exhibits for the 2552-10.  

You will note that CMS has published XLSX Exhibit Templates and PDF or DOCX Exhibit specifications.  

If used in conjunction with e-filings in MCReF, providers can receive immediate feedback about potential issues with their listings, along with faster acceptance and tentative settlement. For a brief overview of the templates and their potential use in MCReF, you can also refer to the 3/30/2023 MCReF Webinar which had a section on them starting at slide 10.
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