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In response to several questions submitted by CHA and others, as well as questions asked during a recent open door forum, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has released the attached document clarifying its recently revised instructions for Worksheet S-10 of the Medicare cost report. CHA reminds hospitals that the deadline to submit amended cost reports for federal fiscal years 2014 and 2015 is Jan. 2. Worksheets received by Dec. 2 will be reflected in the cost report data file used to develop federal fiscal year proposed rules. Hospital data submitted after Dec. 2 but by Jan. 2 will be reflected in the cost report data file that is typically used to develop the federal fiscal year final rules. Additional resources for Worksheet S-10 are available on CHA’s website. 

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The House narrowly passed the Senate’s fiscal year 2018 budget resolution, House Concurrent Resolution 71, by a vote of 216-212 with 20 Republicans voting “no.” The budget resolution allows Congress to use the reconciliation process, which only requires a majority vote, to move forward on a tax reform bill that could increase the deficit by $1.5 trillion. CHA will continue to monitor tax reform legislation, expected to be unveiled in the coming weeks.

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has extended the deadline for hospitals to submit amended cost reports for federal fiscal years (FFY) 2014 and 2015 to account for recently issued changes to the instructions for Worksheet S-10. CMS has instructed Medicare administrative contractors to accept revised cost reports until Jan. 2, 2018. Previously, CMS required hospitals to submit this information by Oct. 31. Worksheets received by Dec. 2 will be reflected in the cost report data file that would typically be used to develop FFY proposed rules. However, if a hospital submits data after Dec. 2 but by Jan. 2, 2018, the data will be reflected in the cost report data file that is typically used to develop the FFY final rules.

CHA recently held an executive briefing, featuring faculty from Toyon Associates, to explain the revised instructions to Worksheet S-10 and provide hospitals with the information needed to make decisions on how best to position themselves to improve performance under the revised instructions. A recording of the executive briefing and additional resources on Worksheet S-10 are available on CHA’s website.

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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has updated its instructions for Worksheet S-10. The update, attached, clarifies definitions and instructions for uncompensated care, non-Medicare bad debt, non-reimbursed Medicare bad debt and charity care to include uninsured discounts. It also modifies the calculation relative to uncompensated care costs. The changes are effective for cost reporting years from Oct. 1, 2013, onward. CHA is currently reviewing the revisions and will provide members with more detail in the coming weeks.

In addition, CMS has extended the deadline for hospitals to revise and submit amended cost reports for federal fiscal years (FFY) 2014 and 2015 from Sept. 30 to Oct. 31. CHA urges members to review Worksheet S-10 of their FFY 2014 and 2015 cost reports and submit amendments to their respective Medicare administrative contractors before the Oct. 31 deadline. More information is available in the attached MLN Matters article.