Submission Requirements

Please do not send information on flash drive, we are unable to accept information in this format
Facsimile Worksheet S and encryption code: Worksheet S (computer generated), must electronically print the date and time the electronic file was encrypted.
Worksheet Smust contain the penalty and certification statements attesting to the validity of the data submitted(Part I and Part II)
ECR filemust contain matching encryption coding to the left of the officer or administrator of the provider(s) signature block.
The signature block of the officer or administrator must contain an original signature.
A facsimile or stamped copy of the signature is unacceptable. (See PRM-II, Section 131, for similar requirements for the hospital cost report.)
Print image file: An electronic picture image of the entire cost report
Must be submitted with the electronic cost report(ECR) file submission
Must be in ASCII format
If the PI file is too large for a diskette, a self-extracting compression program must be used.
Must contain its own encryption coding in the PI file and on Worksheet S
Order of Processing:
ECR Creation
Print Image creation
Worksheet S

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