Specifications include, but are not limited to: The awarded Vendor must provide information necessary for an independent auditor to perform an audit of the State of Alabama Disproportionate Share (DSH) Program. In accordance with all requirements of CMS including due date as specified in 42 CFR § 455.304 “Conditions for Federal Financial Participation.” The awarded Vendor must create a database containing the Medicare Cost Reports with the Medicaid information completed, for the years audited, but only as it relates to those reports as filed or as settled under CMS 2552-96. The awarded Vendor is not responsible for the audit of cost reports in order to accomplish the DSH program audit. The awarded Vendor will be responsible for the accumulation of cost report data in a format to be agreed to with the awarded Vendor. Medicaid may secure its own license for said software and such may be utilized by the awarded Vendor in accumulating the required data. The database will remain the property of the State of Alabama.
