Cash Receipts Assessment Program
November 29, 2004Dear Administrator/Controller:
Re: Cash Receipts Assessment Program-5% Assessment-Effective April 1, 2004
Assessments due for current months obligations should also be made at this 5% rate. To
ensure provider receipt of necessary Medicaid rate adjustments, which change the
reimbursable Medicaid portion of this assessment from 2.5% to 5% for affected
months of service, the due date of your November 2004 Cash Receipts Assessment
reports and payments (including the aforementioned retroactive adjustments)
will be moved from December 15, 2004, to December 22, 2004. We note that the Medicaid cycle payment to
be released on December 15, 2004, will include the retroactive adjustment to
your 2004 rate incorporating the 5% reimbursable assessment for dates of
services rendered on and after April 1, 2004. We should also note, that you will shortly be receiving a letter from the
Department providing you details on our implementation of interim rate changes
necessary to add a year in the calculation of the regional input price adjustment
factor as authorized by Chapter 58 of the Laws of 2004. Such interim rate changes, which will be
reconciled at a later date, will impact Medicaid rates of payment for the April
1, 2004, through December 31, 2004, period. This retroactive rate adjustment will be paid prior to the end of this
calendar year. To retroactively pay the additional 2.5% assessment for affected monthly obligations that were
previously paid, please submit the additional amount due (total of April
through October 2004 payments) with your November 2004 report and payment. Report the additional amount due on Line 9,
Other Adjustments and identify the amounts on the enclosed Addendum. Please
note that a full reconciliation of these prior payments is expected by the
above referenced due date. If not fully made, the Addendum should accurately identify the month(s) for which such
adjustments apply. If an assessment payment had not been previously made for an affected prior month(s), an additional report and
5% payment for such delinquent month(s) should be filed by the above referenced
due date in addition to the November report and payment. If applicable, interest and penalty will be
billed to your facility for such delinquent payment(s) under separate cover. Failure to timely file the November 2004 report and payment, including the retroactive additional 2.5%
assessment for the period April 2004 through October 2004, will result in the
initiation of recoupment procedures against future Medicaid payments. Such
recoupment procedures will also include appropriate penalty and interest. If you should have any questions concerning the foregoing, please contact Mr. Walter Susko at (518) 473-4653. Sincerely, Mark H. Van Guysling Enclosures
Assistant Director
Division of Health Care Financing