Medicare Financial Management Manual (Pub. 100-06), Ch. 7 § 40.4
Initial CAP Report
40.4 - Initial CAP Report
(Rev. 331, Issued: 11-15-19, Effective: 10-01-19, Implementation: 12-17- 19)
All initial CAPs shall be reported on the Initial CAP Report. After this initial submission,
CAPs shall be merged onto the Quarterly CAP Report. All CAPs, for the reviews noted
in Section 40, shall be consolidated onto one Quarterly CAP Report. However, if you
have findings for an affiliated DC or SSM shown above, these findings shall also be
reported using the CMS FISMA Controls Tracking System (CFACTS). A separate CAP
report shall be submitted for each contractor, as listed in Section 40.3.
The contractor shall use the Initial CAP Report, as an Excel spreadsheet and add their
data following the steps below. The format of the spreadsheet should not be altered;
however, the column width and row height may be adjusted to accommodate data entry.
Additionally, this electronic file should be labeled Initial CAP Report, should be
identified using the contractor abbreviations found in Section 40.3, and should include
the submission date. For example, the initial CAP Excel file should be named as follows:
Contractor Name
Example Initial CAP File Name
Healthcare Company Name
20YYMMDD_HCA_Initial_CAP_Report.xls
The Initial CAP Report template can be found in Section 40.6.
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