Summary

Description

Medicare certified institutional providers are required to submit an annual cost report to a Medicare Administrative Contractor. The cost report contains provider information such as facility characteristics, utilization data, cost and charges by cost center, in total and for Medicare, Medicare settlement data, and financial statement data. CMS maintains the cost report data in the Healthcare Provider Cost Reporting Information System, HCRIS. HCRIS includes subsystems for the Hospital Cost Report CMS 2552 96 and CMS 2552 10, Skilled Nursing Facility Cost Report CMS 2540 96, Home Health Agency Cost Report CMS 1728 94, Renal Facility Cost Report CMS 265 94, Health Clinic Cost Report CMS 222 92 and Hospice Cost Report CMS 1984 99. The data consists of every data element included in the HCRIS extract created for CMS by the providers Administrative Contractor.