Pay your assessment to the Department of Revenue!
The Department of Revenue tax (provider assessment) billing was sent to all non-exempt facilities. If you do not yet have your bed assessment/ tax bill, which is DUE APRIL 20th please try to track it down (remember it was sent to the address on your TPT registration), or contact the Department of Revenue ( [email protected]). Remember this must be paid on-time, or penalties will be assessed and–if unpaid—your SNF licensed may be revoked.
The assessment payments are out!
You should have received your wire transfer or checks from Bridgeway, Evercare and Mercy Care and from the State of Arizona/AHCCCS for the Fee for Service days! I have been contacting facilities to make sure you are in receipt of these payments… the good news is that they have arrived in time for you to make the second DOR bed assessment /tax payment! If you do not receive your payments –please alert your Plan provider representative and if that does not work, contact me at [email protected] or at 602-265-5331. AHCCCS has published the percentage allocations of what amounts you will be paid by each managed care plan. I have translated this into a spreadsheet with dollar amounts which you can access here.
Remember, our estimates tied to less than one percent difference in the total amounts you will be paid! So we are right on target with the totals. Keep in mind, your assessment return payments will be 80% of what you are owed, with a year-end reconciliation of the 20% remaining due. You can look at the Plan percentage allocation on the AHCCCS web site at: https://www.azahcccs.gov/commercial/nursingfacilityinfo.aspx. (Go to AHCCCS NURSING FACILITY DAYS BY PAYOR.)
A few other reminders…
The quarterly payments made by the Plans are at 80% of what you are expected to be paid this year. The remaining 20% will be paid according to what is in the DOR nursing home provider assessment fund at the end of the year. If everyone pays, the remaining 20% will be proportionately distributed, so you can expect a fifth check. The quarterly amounts will remain the same for each quarter until the next contract year at which time the tax and days to be paid will be re-calculated by the 2013 Medicaid Cost report (SNF-UAR).