Medicare Financial Management Manual (Pub. 100-06), Ch. 5 § 120.2
Terminating Federal Health Insurance Accounts - (Rev. 5, 08-
120.2 - Terminating Federal Health Insurance Accounts - (Rev. 5, 08-
30-02)
A1-1420.2, B1-4418.2
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Initial Adjustment to the Federal Health Insurance Time Account - Pending
receipt of the prior month's bank statement, the contractor shall reduce on the first
day of the phase-out period the current balance in the Federal Health Insurance
Time Account by seventy-five percent (75%). It shall prepare a Time Account
withdrawal slip that instructs the bank to immediately transfer the computed
amount to the FHIBA.
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Time Account Analysis - Within 7 days of the expiration of the current term, the
contractor shall complete Schedule TAA in its entirety to determine whether the
time account should remain open during the phase-out period. It shall include in
line 4 the total projected service charges for the entire phase-out period. It shall
modify the 25 percent figure on line 10 to reflect the actual length of the phase-
out period, e.g., 6-month period would show 50 percent.
o If line 13 of Schedule TAA (page 1 of 3) indicates a positive amount, the
contractor shall maintain that amount of money in the time account during
the phase-out period, and adjust the present time account balance
accordingly in lines 14-16.
o If line 9 of Schedule TAA (page 1 of 3) indicates a negative amount, the
contractor shall immediately transfer the current time account balance to
the benefits account, and the contractor should secure from the bank a
check payable to the benefits account in an amount equal to the negative
amount reflected on line 9.
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Closing Federal Health Insurance Time Accounts - At the expiration of the phase-
out period, the contractor shall transfer all funds on deposit in the Time Account,
if applicable, and FHIBA immediately to the new FHIBA.