Services: Cost Report Preparation
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CMS Final Rule for FY 2027 Skilled Nursing Facilities: Key Changes, Payment Updates, and Quality Reporting Reforms
CMS finalized its FY 2027 SNF PPS rule with a 2.4% Medicare payment increase, stable PDPM, COVID measure removals, and faster quality reporting deadlines.
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Related-Party Transactions and Your SNF Cost Report
Medicare SNF cost reports must report related-party transactions at actual cost, not marked-up price. Learn the 42 CFR 413.17 rule and how to document…
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Wisconsin SNF Audits, Made Painless and Valuable
Pease Bell brings AI-powered technology to Wisconsin skilled nursing facility audits—cutting the burden, hitting deadlines, and delivering insights operators can act on.
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LIHTC Cost Certification: What CPAs Verify and the New 25% Test
A LIHTC cost certification sets your final credit. Learn what CPAs verify under Section 42 and how the new 25% bond test changes 4%…
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Florida Nursing Home Quality Incentive Payments Remain a Key Reimbursement Focus
Florida’s 2026 budget lifts the nursing home Quality Incentive Payment Pool to 18.137%. See what the new point values and thresholds mean for providers.
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CCBHC Demonstration Adds 10 States: Audit-Ready Financials
Ten new states joined the CCBHC Medicaid demonstration. Learn the four PPS methodologies and how new clinics can build audit-ready financials from day one.
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New SNF Medicare Cost Report (CMS-2540-24): What Changed
Skilled nursing facilities must file the redesigned CMS-2540-24 Medicare cost report for periods ending on or after Sept 30, 2025. Learn what changed.
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FY2027 SNF Proposed Rule: Rate Update and All-Payer MDS
CMS proposes a 2.4% SNF Medicare increase for FY2027 plus an all-payer MDS mandate. Learn the proposed rates and the cost-report and data-burden impact.
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CCBHC Cost Reporting: Protecting Your Medicaid PPS Rate
Your CCBHC Medicaid PPS rate depends on clean cost reporting. Learn how allowable cost capture and visit counts protect the rate that funds your…
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Audit & Assurance, Client Accounting, Cost Report Preparation, HUD, Tax Advisory, Transaction AdvisoryHUD 232 Refinancing: Audit and Financial Statement Essentials
HUD 232/LEAN and 223(a)(7) borrowers must file GAAP financial statements within 90 days of year-end. Learn the audit and reporting essentials lenders expect.