decisionhealth Newsletters, Answer Books - 2006 Issue 3 (March)
Program_Memos / 2002 / AB-02-007
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Article Overview
This article covers CMS program guidance for intermediaries and carriers on handling resident full-time equivalent information for the Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education payment program. It is relevant to hospital reimbursement, graduate medical education administration, and Medicare cost report data reporting. The article outlines the information categories requested, the time periods involved, and the administrative steps and timelines for transmitting and reconciling the data.
Why This Topic Matters
Hospitals and Medicare intermediaries working with graduate medical education reporting need to understand what information is being requested, when it must be reported, and which cost report records are involved. The memorandum also helps readers identify the administrative scope of CHGME-related data exchange and reconciliation.
Article Sections
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Change Request 2011
Introduces the memorandum’s purpose and the Children’s Hospital Graduate Medical Education amendment context. Summarizes the agency framework and the general reporting objective.
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Guidelines for CMS Fiscal Intermediaries
Describes the procedures expected of fiscal intermediaries in reviewing, submitting, and revising resident count information. Includes the general reconciliation and status-reporting process.
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Specific Information Requested
Outlines the categories of resident count information requested from cost report worksheets and related hospital records across the stated reporting periods. Focuses on the data elements and worksheet references involved.
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Due Dates for Information
Lists the reporting timelines for reconciliation and application cycles. Covers the dates by which information is to be sent and discrepancies resolved.
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Where to Send Information
Provides the contact and submission destinations for the requested information. Includes email, fax, mailing, and contact details.
What You Will Learn
- The general purpose of the memorandum and its relationship to CHGME reporting
- What types of resident FTE information are requested from hospitals and intermediaries
- Which reporting periods and cost report contexts are addressed
- How the memorandum frames reconciliation, submission, and follow-up timelines
- Where the requested information is to be sent and who the contact is
Who Should Read This
- Medicare fiscal intermediaries
- Hospital reimbursement staff
- Graduate medical education administrators
- Children’s hospitals
- CMS program and compliance staff
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