Medicare Financial Management Manual (Pub. 100-06), Ch. 5 § 110
Initial Federal Health Insurance Time Account Deposit - (Rev. 5,
110 - Initial Federal Health Insurance Time Account Deposit - (Rev. 5,
08-30-02)
A1-1418, B1-4416
To preclude excessive use of Federal funds, the contractor shall delay the initial deposit
in the Time Account until it has actually started processing checks that are cleared against
the FHIBA. It shall effect the initial deposit of Federal funds into the Federal Health
Insurance Time Account by drawing a check on the new FHIBA payable to the Time
Account.
It shall establish the amount of the initial time deposit check by re-computing the Award
Schedule (AS) (Page 2 of 2) that the selected bank submits to reflect the effective prime
rate (i.e., prime minus one percent) in effect on the date the new accounts are
implementation.
It shall make the check payable to the designated bank with the following directive
clearly printed on the reverse:
For Deposit Only In (Name of Contractor)
Federal Health Insurance Time Account
The contractor shall delay use of the Federal Health Insurance Accounts until the Federal
Reserve Bank has received authorization from the Treasury Department for the
designated commercial bank to process payment vouchers under the letter-of-credit
procedure.