Ala. Admin. Code r. 560-X-56-.16

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 1, October 31, 2024

Section 560-X-56-.16 - Audit Adjustment Procedures

(1) Audit adjustments will be paid or collected by a combination of (1) changing the encounter rate of the facility and

(2) a lump sum settlement for the amount under/over paid for the period prior to the effective date of the encounter rate change.

(2) Under/Overpayment situations arising from the audit of a terminating cost report will be paid or recouped by a lump sum settlement.

(3) All adjustments will be subject to the limitations set out in this Chapter and subject to the appropriate ceilings.

(4) Collection procedures will be applied only after the facility has been given thirty (30) days in which to disagree with any of the disallowances contained in the report of audit.

(5) A final audit computation sheet will be forwarded to each facility with the report of audit. An adjusted encounter rate will be stated in the report of audit and will be computed based on the audit adjustments. This new encounter rate will be effective on the first day of a month, allowing for the thirty (30) day notification period and a reasonable amount of time for processing the report of audit. The effective date of the rate change will be shown on the final audit computation worksheet. The remaining portion of the audit settlement will be collected or paid in a lump sum amount. This lump sum amount for the months prior to the effective date (underpayment or overpayment period) of the rate change is computed by applying the adjustment per encounter to the total paid Medicaid encounters in the overpayment/underpayment period.

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Ala. Admin. Code r. 560-X-56-.16

Rule effective April 15, 1993.

Statutory Authority: State Plan; Title XIX, Social Security Act, 42 C.F.R. § 405.2401 -.2429.