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CMS Pub. 100-06, ch. 6, § 290.2
Checking Reports
Before submitting Form S to CMS, the carrier/Part B MAC checks for completeness and
arithmetical accuracy. It uses the following checklist:
● Line 2 plus line 3 must equal line 1. Effective with the first quarterly report of 2005, that is
due no later than 75 days after the close of the first calendar quarter of 2005, this will no
longer be applicable.
● Line 5 plus line 6 must equal line 4. Line 2 plus line 3 must equal line 1. Effective with
the first quarterly report of 2005, that is due no later than 75 days after the close of the first
calendar quarter of 2005, this will no longer be applicable.
• Line 8 must be less than or equal to line 7.
• Line 9 must be greater than or equal to line 7.
• Line 10 must be less than or equal to line 9.
• Line 13 plus line 14 plus line 15 must be less than or equal to line 12.
• Line 16 must be greater than or equal to line 12.
• Line 17 must be less than or equal to line 16.
• Sum of lines 19-30, column 1 must equal line 10.
• Sum of lines 19-30, column 2 must equal line 17.
History
(Rev. 176, Issued: 11-12-10, Effective: 12-13-10, Implementation: 12-13-10)
Provenance
- Source
- cms.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-25
- Edition
- iom-2026-08-25
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