tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 22

HOSPITALS: How To Claim Pool Refunds On Cost Reports

Accounting for provider tax refunds is trickier than hospitals think. The HHS Office of Inspector General May 20 gave the final word on how provider tax refunds and expenses should -- and shouldn't -- be handled on hos-pitals'cost reports. Fifteen hospitals that received pool refunds from the Missouri Hospital Association will end up having to pay money back to the feds, according to a May 20 OIG audit report titled "Review of the Classification of Missouri Provider Tax Refunds on Hospitals'Medicare Cost Reports" (A-07-02-04006). The OIG says the pool refunds, which allowed some of the provider tax refund to...

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