Medicare Financial Management Manual (Pub. 100-06), Ch. 6 § 30.2
Checking Reports
30.2 - Checking Reports
(Rev. 6, 08-30-02)
A3-3894.2
Before submitting Forms U and E to CMS, check for completeness and arithmetical
accuracy, the intermediary uses the following checklist:
• For each column, line 38 must equal the sum of lines 1-37.
• For lines 1-38 on pages 2-11, column 1 must equal the sum of columns 2-7.
• For each of lines 1-38 on pages 2-11, column 8 must be less than or equal to
column 1.
• For each of lines 1-38 on pages 12-21, column 1 must be less than or equal to
column 2 for the corresponding bill type on pages 2-11.
• For each of lines 1-38 on pages 12-21, column 2 must be less than or equal to
column 3 for the corresponding bill type on pages 2-11.
• The "Total" pages (pages 11 and 21) must equal the sum of all the bill types
(pages 2-10 and 12-20, respectively) for each data element on the page, except
line 39.