The Hospital elected to use lost revenues calculation Option II, Budget to Actual. Option II requires that an approved budget prior to March 27, 2020, which covers the entire period of availability, be utilized to calculate lost revenues. While the budget period relating to calendar year 2020 was ...
The Hospital elected to use lost revenues calculation Option II, Budget to Actual. Option II requires that an approved budget prior to March 27, 2020, which covers the entire period of availability, be utilized to calculate lost revenues. While the budget period relating to calendar year 2020 was approved prior to March 27, 2020, the budget period relating to calendar year 2021 was approved subsequent to March 27, 2020. Thus, the budget approved prior to March 27, 2020 did not cover the entire period of availability and the budget relating to calendar year 2021 was not approved within required time parameters. Additionally, there were certain errors discovered within the calculation due to the inclusion of nonpatient revenues and the exclusion of bad debts.
Corrective Action Plan: The finding identified is a result of confusion over information required to be input into the portal. It was the Hospital’s intention to rely entirely upon those lost revenues related to calendar year 2020. Calendar year 2020 lost revenues calculated using a budget approved prior to March 27, 2020, result in total lost revenues of $5,115,335. Lost revenues alone more than substantiate the $4,503,732 of Provider Relief Funds recognized by the Hospital.
Going forward, the Hospital will continue to improve its understanding of the guidance related to lost revenue reporting and work with their external advisors to ensure future portal submissions, if any, are compliant with said guidance.
While the Hospital will ensure compliance with submission requirement in any future required submissions, if any, the Hospital considers the lost revenues and COVID-19 related expenses incurred by the Hospital sufficient in substantiating those Provider Relief Funds received and reported on within the period in question.
Personnel Responsible for Corrective Action: Kathleen Bunting, Chief Executive Officer; kjbrnmsn@hotmail.com; 618-842-2611.
Anticipated Completion Date: Change is in process and full adoption is anticipated at time of next portal submission, if any.