LeadingAge National’s advocacy on behalf of members has paid off, they received word from HRSA that there will be an opportunity to correct reports submitted during PRF Reporting Period 1 (RP1) as well as submit reports that may have been missed. For providers who made errors in their first PRF report, they can contact the Provider Support Line at 866-569-3522 and ask to speak with a Tier 2 representative regarding fixing an error in their RP1 report. They will need to ask for their report to be unlocked or re-opened. If you missed reporting on a particular payment, it is not clear if this is considered a reporting error or if you will need to await information that HRSA is to release soon on a Late Reporting opportunity for “non-compliant providers to complete a report as a result of specific extenuating circumstances.”

We do not know what HRSA will consider “extenuating circumstances” or when the portal will re-open to permit these missing reports to be submitted nor how long providers will have to complete these reports. HRSA did ask National to tell providers who received the March Repayment Letters, DO NOT return any PRF payments at this time. They will reach out to providers if they don’t submit a Late Payment Request and complete the required report.  Additional information on the Late Reporting Request process will be posted to the PRF website and emailed to providers who are registered in the Reporting Portal. LeadingAge will be monitoring the HRSA website. This is good news for members who made inadvertent reporting errors and/or received repayment letters from the RP1.

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Laura Hofmann, MSN, RN – Director of Clinical and Nursing Facility Regulatory Services
c: 425-231-4804