Facility

1 - Facility For Form CMS-1539 purposes, facility means the provider entity or the business establishment of a provider or supplier that is subject to certification and approval in order for the provider or supplier’s services to be approved for payment. If a provider operates separate provider institutions or a supplier operates separate businesses, they are regarded as separate facilities for Form CMS-1539 purposes. A LTC facility with a SNF and a NF distinct part is one facility, even though the distinct parts are separately certified for Medicare and Medicaid. Although an agency, such as an HHA with subunits, is one facility, the subunits must be separately certified. “One enterprise; one facility; one certification” is NOT always the rule. Rather, the way CMS assigns provider identification numbers determines how many certifications the SA prepares for any given institution. (See §2764.)