Linda,

Roswell Park is a Comprehensive Cancer Center which means clinical as well as research functions; we file a Medicare Cost Report both to establish Medicare reimbursement rates and our DHHS Indirect Cost Rate.  We "step down" the costs and apportion them to the various departments based on square footage used...  I would think you would need some mechanism to allocate costs between clinical and research activities and the Medicare Cost Report serves this need.  The DCA website should be a great resource for you...

Joseph H. Jurkowski, Ph.D, MBA, CPA
Director Of Operations
Health Research, Inc.
Roswell Park Cancer Institute Div.

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From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG]On Behalf
Of Linda Ward
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 8:07 AM
To: xxxxxx@HRINET.ORG
Subject: [RESADM-L] Children's hospitals & indirect rates

I'm sending this email to both the RESADM & SECA list servs, so I apologize to those of you who receive it twice!!

We are a children's hospital with understandably low medicare utilization.  We do not yet have an indirect rate for research / sponsored projects, but wish to obtain one.  I wanted to get some feedback from other children's hospitals before I contact DCA.

How often do you file a full Medicare cost report (not a low utliization c/r)?

Do you file strictly for purposes of indirect reimbursement on research / sponsored projects?

Is annual filing of a Medicare cost report required to obtain an indirect rate?

Any tips you have on obtaining an initial rate would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks in advance for your feedback!!

-Linda

Linda Ward
Sr. Accountant
Research Administration  35-123A
Children's Hospitals and Clinics
2910 Centre Pointe Dr.
Roseville, MN 55113
651-855-2603
651-855-2690 Fax
email: xxxxxx@childrenshc.org
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