The AHCCCS website has listed the percentages for the total 2014 annual payments here. AHCA has created a spreadsheet that allocates the total funds like last year, as AHCCCS provided these distribution percentages that we used in the calculation of the supplement by the facility to be paid in provider assessment payments by Plan. Remember that your quarterly payments are not just “divided by four quarters”- they may differ slightly due to utilization during that period of time in 2012.
Supplemental provider assessment payments are calculated based on AHCCCS claims and encounter data — and the provider assessment tax to be paid to the Department of Revenue (DOR) is based on the SNF Uniform Accounting Report (UAR)/Medicaid Cost Report you submit to DHS. Click here for the AHCA spreadsheet with the projected provider assessment annual/total payment by Plan for 2012. Remember that the Plan quarterly payments are at an estimated 80% with an annual reconciliation of the final 20% at the end of the year. AHCCCS Fee for Service payments are made at 100% throughout the year, with no annual reconciliation.
You must pay your provider taxes timely! If the funds are not in the Department of Revenue provider assessment fund, we will all suffer, and cannot be paid in full by AHCCCS or the Plans. Delinquent payment of tax can result in steep fines and revocation of your SNF license. We are seeking future legislation to also revoke your Medicaid provider certification for non-payment of the provider tax. Over $50 million dollars is at stake!