PARD: Cost reports

These steps are taken when you fail to file your cost report timely.

Providers must file a self-extracting electronic cost report from an approved vendor that must pass all level 1 edits.

This indicates that CMS Form-287 or an alternative reporting format may be used to meet the needs of the individual home office cost reporting.

Here is a synopsis of what to do in case of an extraordinary circumstance over which you have no control.