CMS Pub. 100-11, ch. 12, § 40

A PACE organization must retain records for the longest of the following periods:

• The period of time specified in State law;

• Six years from the last entry date; and

• For medical records of disenrolled participants, six years after the date of

disenrollment.

If litigation, a claim, a financial management review, or an audit arising from the

operation of the PACE program started before the expiration of the retention period, as

specified in the prior three bullets, the PACE organization must retain the records, at a

minimum, until the completion of the litigation, or solution of the claims or audit

findings.

The PACE organization must dispose of medical records that are scanned or imaged in

accordance with CMS policy as referenced in

http://www.cms.hhs.gov/manuals/downloads/ge101c07.pdf.

For purposes of Medicare Part D, PACE organizations are required to retain Part D

related records for a period of 10 years in accordance with 42 CFR § 423.505(d). At this

time CMS recommends that all PACE organizations keep all records (Part D related and

general records) for 10 years.

[42 CFR § 460.200(f)]