Materials Forwarded to RO

4205 - Materials Forwarded to RO (Rev. 1, 05-21-04) The SA forwards all documents supporting its certifications to the RO as outlined in §2760. To retain a copy of the file, the SA duplicates or obtains multiple copies of the material. When CMS forms are copied, the SA sends the original to the RO. Copies of other material sent to the RO must be legible and must contain the appropriate signature(s), if required. The files in the RO may be needed to substantiate terminations, reconsiderations, hearings, and appeals. The RO may ask the SA to supply supplementary evidence to support the decisions in these cases. However, whenever an appeal action is pending and the SA obtains additional evidence relating to the certification deficiencies, it immediately forwards copies of this material to the RO without waiting for a request.