Reporting Requirements and Sanctions

(1) Required Reports. (a) Reporting requirements are governed by 957 CMR 6.00: Cost Reporting Requirements. (b) Additional Information. Eligible providers must file such additional information as EOHHS may from time to time reasonably require. (2) Penalty for Noncompliance. The purchasing governmental unit may impose a penalty in the amount of up to 15% of its payments to any provider that fails to submit required information. The purchasing governmental unit will notify the provider in advance of its intention to impose a penalty under 101 CMR 306.04(2). (3) Mergers, Acquisitions, Other Transfers. A provider involved in a merger, buyout, acquisition, purchase, pooling of interest, or other arrangement involving the transfer of business will be treated as a single provider for the purposes of 101 CMR 306.04. All compliance liabilities of the transferor are the responsibility of the transferee.