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State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2021 Upper Payment Limit (UPL) Hospital Payments
The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) has communicated the process of the SFY 2021 Hospital UPL payments. Payments and intergovernmental transfer amounts were provided with a notice to providers and will be posted at [...]
SFY 2020 and 2021 Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Adjusted ICTF Payments
On March 11, 2021, H.R. 1319 was signed into law. The American Rescue Plan Act contains a provision that will result in an increase to the total computable DSH payment allowed for SFY 2020 and [...]
The Accountant’s Triathlon
Like everyone, as accountants and finance professionals, we have been juggling a lot these past months. Remote work arrangements, new government regulations and ever-changing guidance, higher costs, and resource constraints…the list could go on [...]
Low Volume Hospital Payment Adjustments for FFY 2022
The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 modified the qualifying criteria for the low volume hospital payment adjustment for fiscal years 2019 through 2022. Under the modified criteria, the payment increases are applicable for hospitals that [...]
Draffin Tucker Announces Recent Promotions
Albany, GA. – Draffin Tucker is pleased to announce the recent promotions and certification of the following firm professionals. In the firm’s Albany office: Adam Mobley was promoted to Senior in Draffin Tucker’s healthcare practice, [...]
Draffin Tucker Contributes Over $830,000 To Rural Hospitals Over Last Five Years Through State’s Tax Credit Program
ALBANY, GA - In response to Georgia’s Rural Hospital Tax Credit Program, Draffin & Tucker, LLP has announced that with its 2021 contribution of $215,000, the firm has contributed over $830,000 to eligible rural hospitals [...]
HHS Delays Single Audit Reporting for Provider Relief Funds
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has updated its guidance for Single Audit reporting of Provider Relief Funds (PRF) on the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA). On 7/15/2021, HHS added two [...]
Medicare Rural Health Clinic Payment Reform
In December 2020, Congress passed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (H.R. 133) which included significant comprehensive reforms to the Rural Health Clinic (RHC) Medicare payment system. Subsequently, in April 2021, Congress passed H.R. 1868 [...]
Draffin Tucker Hosts Successful Student Leadership Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 16, 2021 Draffin Tucker Hosts Successful Student Leadership Program Community service focus generates $1,000 for Open Hand Atlanta Albany, GA. – On Friday, June 4, Draffin & Tucker, LLP hosted their [...]
State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2020 Upper Payment Limit (UPL) Hospital Payments
The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) has communicated the process of the SFY 2020 Hospital UPL payments. Payments and intergovernmental transfer amounts were provided with a notice to providers and will be posted at [...]
FY 2021 Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Payment
The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) has communicated to providers that DCH is preparing to make final payments for the State Fiscal Year 2021 Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) program. Gross payments, intergovernmental transfer amounts, [...]
Redistribution of FY 2015 – FY 2017 Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Audit Overpayments
The Georgia Department of Community Health notified public hospitals of a redistribution of overpayments identified by Myers and Stauffer’s Independent Verification of the SFY 2015 through SFY 2017 DSH payments. Information about the schedule, payment [...]
Community Health Centers: Rising to Meet the Challenges of a Global Pandemic – Part Two
After a year of navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, Shelley Spires, CEO of Albany Area Primary Health Care, a community health center in southwest Georgia, sat down with Draffin Tucker partner Wes Sternenberg to share her [...]
Community Health Centers: Rising to Meet the Challenges of a Global Pandemic – Part One
After a year of navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, Shelley Spires, CEO of Albany Area Primary Health Care, a community health center in southwest Georgia, sat down with Draffin Tucker partner Wes Sternenberg to share her [...]
COVID-19 Rural Health Center (RHC) and Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) Lump Sum Payments
Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that RHCs and FQHCs may request lump sum payments for administering COVID-19 vaccinations prior to settlement of cost reports. Lump sum amounts will be determined [...]
Draffin Tucker Announces the Promotion of Haley Bass to Senior Accountant
Albany, GA. – Draffin Tucker is pleased to announce the recent promotion of Haley Bass to Senior Accountant in the firm’s Healthcare Industry, where she works primarily with audits, cost reports, and IRS Form 990 preparation. [...]
SFY 2021 Disproportionate Share Hospital Data Review
Recently, the Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) communicated to providers that Myers & Stauffer has completed an initial review of the SFY 2021 Disproportionate Share Hospital (DSH) Survey responses. Preliminary results will be available [...]
CARES Act Funding and Medicare Reimbursement – How It Could Affect You
Over the last year, multiple distributions have been received by providers from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. These distributions were made before [...]
340B Recertification for Community Health Centers begins February 1, 2021 and must be completed by March 1
340B Recertification for Community Health Centers begins February 1, 2021 and must be completed by March 1. The annual 340B recertification provides an opportunity for a comprehensive review of your health centers’ OPAIS registration(s). We [...]
PODCAST: Adjusting Strategy and Resources in Rural Hospitals During COVID-19 with Draffin Tucker
Draffin Tucker Partners Sarah Dekutowski and Jeff Askey recently appeared on the new AHA Associates Bringing Value Podcast by the American Hospital Association. The goal of the association is to bring healthcare front and center. [...]
SFY 2021 Indigent Care Trust Fund Interim Payments
The Georgia Department of Community Health (DCH) has communicated to providers in a memorandum dated November 18, 2020 that DCH is preparing to make interim payments for the State Fiscal Year 2021 Disproportionate Share Hospital [...]
Provider Relief Fund Update: Lost Revenues, Phase 3 Funds, and Single Audit Information
Lost Revenue The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has updated its guidance and information on the use of the Provider Relief Funds (PRF). From the October 22nd HHS release, HHS has amended “…the [...]
Nursing Home Quality Incentive Payment Program
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released additional guidance on the $2 billion quality incentive payment program under the Nursing Home Infection Control Distribution from the Provider Relief Fund. Nursing homes will [...]
HHS Provider Relief Funds Reporting Requirements
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released the new reporting requirements for providers that received more than $10,000 in Provider Relief Funds. This dollar limit is applied in the aggregate for all [...]
Rural Health Clinics – Medicare Productivity Standard Exceptions
The current productivity standards require 4,200 visits per full-time equivalent physician and 2,100 visits per full-time equivalent non-physician practitioner. If actual visits are less than the productivity standards, the average cost per visit will be [...]