Authority: IC 12-15-1-10; IC 12-15-21-2

Affected: IC 12-13-7-3; IC 12-15

Sec. 4. (a) Each provider shall submit an annual financial report to the office not later than ninety (90) days after the close of the provider's reporting year. The annual financial report shall coincide with the fiscal year used by the provider to report federal income taxes for the operation unless the provider requests in writing that a different reporting period be used. Such a request shall be submitted within sixty (60) days after the initial enrollment of a provider. This option may be exercised only one (1) time by a provider. If a reporting period other than the tax year is established, audit trails between the periods are required, including reconciliation statements between the provider's records and the annual financial report.

(b) The provider's annual financial report shall be submitted using forms prescribed by the office. All data elements and required attachments shall be completed so as to provide full financial disclosure and shall include the following as a minimum:

1. (1) Patient or resident census data.
2. (2) Statistical data.
3. (3) Ownership and related party information.
4. (4) Statement of all expenses and all income.
5. (5) Detail of fixed assets and patient or resident related interest bearing debt.
6. (6) Complete balance sheet data.
7. (7) Schedule of Medicaid and private pay charges in effect on the last day of the reporting period and on the rate effective date as defined by this rule. Private pay charges shall be the lowest usual and customary charge.

8. (8) Certification statement signed by the provider that:

   1. (A) the data are true, accurate, related to patient or resident care; and
   2. (B) expenses not related to patient or resident care have been clearly identified.
9. (9) Certification statement signed by the preparer, if different from the provider, that the data were compiled from all information provided to the preparer by the provider, and as such are true and accurate to the best of the preparer's knowledge.

(c) Extension of the ninety (90) day filing period shall not be granted unless the provider substantiates to the office circumstances that preclude a timely filing. Requests for extensions shall be submitted to the office prior to the date due, with full and complete explanation of the reasons an extension is necessary. The office shall review timely requests for extension and notify the provider of approval or disapproval within ten (10) days of receipt. If the request for extension is disapproved, the report shall be due twenty (20) days from the date of receipt of the disapproval from the office. Untimely requests for an extension will not result in a change to the original due date, nor will it alleviate the provider from the penalty provision in subsection (d).

(d) Failure to submit an annual financial report within the time limit required shall result in the following actions:

1. (1) No rate review requests shall be accepted or acted upon by the office until the delinquent report is received, and the effective date of the Medicaid rate calculated utilizing the delinquent annual financial report shall be the first day of the month after the delinquent annual financial report is received by the office. All limitations in effect at the time of the original effective date of the annual rate review shall apply.
2. (2) When an annual financial report is thirty (30) days past due and an extension has not been granted, the rate then currently being paid to the provider shall be reduced by ten percent (10%), effective on the first day of the month following the thirtieth day the annual financial report is past due and shall so remain until the first day of the month after the delinquent annual financial report is received by the office. Reimbursement lost as a result of this penalty cannot be recovered by the provider.

(Office of the Secretary of Family and Social Services; 405 IAC 1-12-4; filed Jun 1, 1994, 5:00 p.m.: 17 IR 2316; filed Aug 14, 1998, 4:27 p.m.: 22 IR 64; readopted filed Jun 27, 2001, 9:40 a.m.: 24 IR 3822; filed Oct 10, 2002, 10:52 a.m.: 26 IR 720; readopted filed Sep 19, 2007, 12:16 p.m.: 20071010-IR-405070311RFA; filed Aug 28, 2013, 10:20 a.m.: 20130925-IR-405120637FRA; readopted filed Oct 28, 2013, 3:18 p.m.: 20131127-IR-405130241RFA; filed Aug 1, 2016, 3:44 p.m.: 20160831-IR- 405150418FRA; filed Oct 13, 2017, 12:09 p.m.: 20171108-IR-405160327FRA; readopted filed May 30, 2023, 11:54 a.m.: 20230628-IR-405230292RFA)