Ohio Code 5124.526 – Release of amount withheld less amounts owed
The department of developmental disabilities shall release the actual amount withheld under division (A) of section 5124.521 of the Revised Code, less any amount the exiting operator owes the department and United States centers for medicare and medicaid services under the medicaid program, as follows:
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5124.526
- Affiliated operator: means an operator affiliated with either of the following:
(1) The exiting operator for whom the affiliated operator is to assume liability for the entire amount of the exiting operator's debt under the medicaid program or the portion of the debt that represents the franchise permit fee the exiting operator owes;
(2) The entering operator involved in the change of operator with the exiting operator specified in division (B)(1) of this section. See Ohio Code 5124.01
- Exiting operator: means any of the following:
(1) An operator that will cease to be the operator of an ICF/IID on the effective date of a change of operator;
(2) An operator that will cease to be the operator of an ICF/IID on the effective date of a facility closure;
(3) An operator of an ICF/IID that is undergoing or has undergone a voluntary termination;
(4) An operator of an ICF/IID that is undergoing or has undergone an involuntary termination. See Ohio Code 5124.01
- Operator: means the person or government entity responsible for the daily operating and management decisions for an ICF/IID. See Ohio Code 5124.01
- United States: includes all the states. See Ohio Code 1.59
(A) Unless the department issues the initial debt summary report required by section 5124.525 of the Revised Code not later than sixty days after the date the exiting operator files the properly completed cost report required by section 5124.522 of the Revised Code, sixty-one days after the date the exiting operator files the properly completed cost report;
(B) If the department issues the initial debt summary report required by section 5124.525 of the Revised Code not later than sixty days after the date the exiting operator files a properly completed cost report required by section 5124.522 of the Revised Code, not later than the following:
(1) Thirty days after the deadline for requesting an adjudication under section 5124.525 of the Revised Code regarding the final debt summary report if the exiting operator, and an affiliated operator who executes a successor liability agreement under section 5124.521 of the Revised Code, fail to request the adjudication on or before the deadline;
(2) Thirty days after the completion of an adjudication of the final debt summary report if the exiting operator, or an affiliated operator who executes a successor liability agreement under section 5124.521 of the Revised Code, requests the adjudication on or before the deadline for requesting the adjudication.
(C) Unless the department issues the initial debt summary report required by section 5124.525 of the Revised Code not later than sixty days after the date the department waives the cost report requirement of section 5124.522 of the Revised Code, sixty-one days after the date the department waives the cost report requirement;
(D) If the department issues the initial debt summary report required by section 5124.525 of the Revised Code not later than sixty days after the date the department waives the cost report requirement of section 5124.522 of the Revised Code, not later than the following:
(1) Thirty days after the deadline for requesting an adjudication under section 5124.525 of the Revised Code regarding the final debt summary report if the exiting operator, and an affiliated operator who executes a successor liability agreement under section 5124.521 of the Revised Code, fail to request the adjudication on or before the deadline;
(2) Thirty days after the completion of an adjudication of the final debt summary report if the exiting operator, or an affiliated operator who executes a successor liability agreement under section 5124.521 of the Revised Code, requests the adjudication on or before the deadline for requesting the adjudication.