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The Arkansas Department of Human Services (State agency) made incorrect electronic health record incentive payments to 14 hospitals. Specifically, for 13 hospitals, the State agency made incorrect payments totaling $1.2 million, which resulted in a net overpayment of $79,000. We were unable to determine what portion of the incentive payment to one hospital was incorrect and set aside the entire payment of $1.5 million for the State agency to work with the hospital to determine the correct incentive payment.
15-A-06-168.01 to CMS - Closed Unimplemented
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12/31/2021
Refund to the Federal government $79,428 in net overpayments made to the 13 hospitals.
15-A-06-168.02 to CMS - Closed Unimplemented
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12/31/2021
Adjust the 13 hospitals' remaining incentive payments to account for the incorrect calculations (which will result in future cost savings of $134,295).
15-A-06-168.04 to CMS - Closed Unimplemented
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12/31/2021
Review supporting documentation for the numbers provided in the cost reports and ensure that the correct cost report periods are used.
15-A-06-168.05 to CMS - Closed Unimplemented
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12/31/2021
Provide guidance to the hospitals that states that inpatient nonacute-care services and unpaid Medicaid services should be excluded from bed days and discharges lines of the incentive payment calculation, neonatal intensive care units bed days and discharges should be included, and bad debts, courtesy discounts and any other unallowable charges should be excluded from charity care charges.
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