Medicare Financial Management Manual (Pub. 100-06), Ch. 6 § 70.26
Completing Lines Thirty-Two through Thirty-Seven - CHOW
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70.26 - Completing Lines Thirty-Two through Thirty-Seven - CHOW
Workloads (Inactive)
(Rev.12894; 10-17-24; Effective:11-01-24; Implementation:11-01-24)
A3-3898.26
The intermediary reports in this section counts of your workloads dealing with CHOW notices
included in lines 1, 2, 3, 6, 10, and 11.
Line 32 - Pending End of Last Quarter - The CROWD system will automatically enter the value
from line 37 on the previous quarter’s report. (This count represents the number of CHOWs
included in line 1.)
Line 33 - Adjustments to Pending - If it is necessary to revise the pending figure for the close of
the previous quarter because of inventories taken or reporting errors discovered, enter the
adjustment here. Adjustments can be positive or negative values. If entering a negative value,
precede the number with a minus (-) sign. (This count represents the number of CHOWs included
in line 2.)
Line 34 - Adjusted Opening Pending -The CROWD system will automatically sum the values in
lines 32 and 33. (This count represents the number of CHOWs included in line 3.)
Line 35 - CHOWs Received - The intermediary enters the number of applications shown in line 6
that represents CHOWs received during the reporting quarter.
Line 36 - CHOWs Processed - The intermediary enters the number of applications shown in line
10 that represents CHOWs processed during the reporting quarter.
Line 37 - Pending End of Quarter -The CROWD system will automatically compute the number of
CHOWs pending at end of the reporting quarter by adding the value on line 34 to the value on line
35 and then subtracting the value on line 36. (This count represents the number of CHOWs
included in line 11.)