18 MAC Pt. 17, R. 8.12
Payment Adjustment Request
Cite as 18 Miss. Admin. Code Pt. 17, R. 8.12
Payment Adjustment Request.
MDHS’s Payment Adjustment Request must be used for reporting any necessary adjustment(s)
by the child care provider to MDHS with 10 (ten) business days of ledger submission. This form
is available on the MDHS website. Child care providers must submit this request, along with
supporting documents, to MDHS to report any of the following:
A. Overpayment/Underpayment – If a child care provider discovers an over-payment or
under-payment on the payment ledger. The child care provider must submit supporting
sign-in/sign-out sheets in order for the adjustment to be processed. Questionable payments
or incorrect payments shall be adjusted during the next regularly scheduled payment cycle.
Once MDHS processes the overpayment/underpayment request, payments will be
issued/deducted from the next month payment.
B. Certificate Error - Any error listed on the child care certificate that will cause payments to
calculate incorrectly must be submitted to MDHS. Such errors include, but are not limited
to:
1. Incorrect payment rates
2. Incorrect care type (full-time vs full-/part-time)
3. Incorrect date of birth for the child
C. Duplicate Children on the Ledger - If a child care provider discovers that a child is listed
more than once on the payment ledger. Providers should claim payment for the certificate
that has the accurate payment amount for the child. The duplicate entry should be listed as
absent “A” for correct payment.