Mitigating the human element : automating the 64

Abstract

On a quarterly basis, SCDHHS is required to submit a CMS-64 report, where both administrative and Medicaid expenditures are provided to the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services to compute the federal financial participation for the State’s Medicaid costs. During an internal audit of SCDHHS’s Federal Reporting division, it was determined that the process of completing the CMS-64 would benefit from automating the reporting process to the extent possible to minimize the risk of human error and ensure that the information being reported to CMS is accurate.