North Dakota Code 50-24.4-23 – Reporting requirements
1. No later than October first of each year, each nursing home that receives medical assistance payments from the department shall:
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 50-24.4-23
- Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
- year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33
a. Except for state-owned facilities, provide the department with a copy of its audited report that meets the reporting standards of the American institute of certified public accountants and includes an audited statement of the rate or rates charged to private-paying residents. The examination by the certified public accountant must be conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards as promulgated and adopted by the American institute of certified public accountants; b. Provide the department with a statement of ownership for the facility or a certification that ownership has not changed since the most recent statement given pursuant to this subsection; c. Provide the department with audited financial statements as specified in subdivision a for every other facility owned in whole or in part by an individual or entity which has an ownership interest in the facility; d. Upon request, provide the department with audited financial statements as specified in subdivision a for every organization with which the facility conducts business and which is owned in whole or in part by an individual or entity which has an ownership interest in the facility; e. Provide the department with copies of leases, purchase agreements, appraisals, financing arrangements, and other documents related to the lease or purchase of the nursing facility, or a certification that the content of any such document remains unchanged since the most recent statement given pursuant to this subsection; f. Upon request, provide the department with copies of leases, purchase agreements, and other documents related to the acquisition of equipment, goods, and services which are claimed as allowable costs; and
g. Permit access by the department to the certified public accountant’s audit workpapers which support the audited financial statements required in subdivisions a, c, and d.
2. Documents or information provided to the department pursuant to this chapter must be public. If the requirements of subsection 1 are not met, the reimbursement rate may be reduced to eighty percent of the rate in effect on the first day of the fourth calendar month after the close of the reporting year, and the reduction must continue until the requirements are met.