Agency Cracking Down on Nursing Facility Assessments and Forms

The Executive Office of Health and Human Services has clarified its procedures for collecting user fee assessments from nursing facilities out of compliance with the quarterly user fee payments and form submission requirements. Pursuant to 101 CMR 512.05, each nursing facility, regardless of group classification, must determine the amount of the assessment owed for each quarter, and to submit a user fee filing form and full user fee payment on a specified schedule, Administrative Bulletin 18-03 states. The schedule is as follows: For the assessment period of Jan. 1 through March 31, the p...