Items that will reduce allowable costs
Arkansas Code § 20-76-201; Arkansas Code § 20-77-107; Arkansas Code § 25-10-129
(a)
- (1) Interest income on unrestricted funds will reduce interest expense on all short-term debt not to exceed interest expense.
- (2) Short-term debt will be defined as debt having a term of forty-eight (48) months or less.
- (b) Grants, gifts, and income designated by the donor for specific operating expenses must be used as an offset to those specific operating expenses.
- (c) Recovery of insured loss.
(d) The cost of the following items should be eliminated. In lieu of determining and eliminating costs, the related income may be used to offset costs:
- (1) Income from laundry and linen service;
- (2) Income from employee and guest meals;
- (3) Income from the sale of drugs to other than residents;
- (4) Income from the sale of medical and surgical supplies to other than residents;
- (5) Income from the sale of medical records and abstracts;
- (6) Income from space rented to employees and others;
- (7) Payment received from specialists; and
- (8) Payments received from recipients for items not medically necessary to the recipient, i.e., tobacco, soft drinks, personal items, etc.
- (e) Rebates and refunds of expenses.
- (f) Trade, quantity, time, and other discounts on purchases.