Summary

The Report Manager Home Office A-8-1 feature is available to health systems with the Absolute Suite subscription and provides health systems with the capability to generate Standard A-8-1 Lines and manage Allowable Expenses for all hospitals within a Report Set. Superusers can upload the consolidated Allowable Expenses for A-8-1 Column 4 and create standard A-8-1 lines for all hospitals. The Allowable Expenses data is parsed out to each hospital within a Report Set by using the provider number (CCN), and data is automatically pushed out to each hospital's report in Absolute. This allows for automation and consistency across the health system, and saves preparers and reviewers time.

Standard A-8-1 Lines tab

This tab allows the user to set up Standard Worksheet A-8-1 Lines, A-8-1 line descriptions, and the Worksheet A lines associated with each corresponding A-8-1 Line at the health system level. 

To add an A-8-1 Line, click on "Add A-8-1 Line" and then the following values may be edited/input:

• A-8-1 Line Column: Enter the A-8-1 Line. The number must be between 1-3, or 4.xx (with optional two decimal points).
• A-8-1 Line Description Column: Enter the applicable A-8-1 line description. The description must be 160 characters or less. 
• A Line Column: Enter the Worksheet A Line number that the A-8-1 Line will be associated with. Only one WS A line is allowed to be associated with each A-8-1 Line.
• I E (Interest Expense): Check the Interest Expense box if the line will contain interest expense. This value will then flow through to the Interest Expense Adjustments section A-8 C.
• Worksheet A-7 Reference: This value is required for A-8-1 lines affecting capital lines. The A-7 reference may be selected from the drop-down menu. Once entered, click the O to confirm, or X to cancel.

Import Allowable Expenses Tab

This tab allows the user to manage the Allowable Expenses associated with each corresponding A-8-1 Line at the health system level.

To add the Allowable Expenses, download the template out of Absolute by clicking on the Download Template Link.

The data in this template should conform to the following criteria:

• Column A: WS A-8-1 line the expenses will be reported on. It must be a number between 1-3, or 4 with optional two decimal places.
• Column B: Hospital CCN/Provider Number. Absolute will use this field to parse out the allowable expenses. Enter 6 digits CCN with no dashes. Note: If a CCN starts with a zero, then this column will have to be formatted to "Text" instead "General" to  incorporate the leading zero.
• Column C: Allowable expenses. This is the amount of home office related organization costs that are allowable, with an optional $.

Once this template is complete and saved, it may be uploaded into Absolute by clicking on Choose File, browsing to where the file is saved, and clicking on Upload. 

Note: Every row in the source file must pass validation in order for the information to be added to the database. If one or more rows does not pass validation, an error message will display detailing the issue(s).

Push Data

Under Push Data, Report Manager will parse out the Standard A-8-1 Lines and/or Allowable Expenses, and upload each individual provider's data to the linked report in Absolute. Each provider within a report set will be listed along with the report information. Additionally, Report Manager allows for the deletion of A-8-1 Lines within a report.

Steps to Push Data:

• Click the checkbox(es) next to the applicable report(s) for the "A-8-1 Lines" and/or "Allowable Expenses". 
• Click Review Selections and Push.
• Review selections and then either click "Make Changes/Cancel" or "Commit and Push Data".

Steps to Delete Data:

• Click on Delete Data.
• Click the checkbox(es) next to the applicable report(s) for the "A-8-1 Lines".
• Click Review Selections and Delete.
• Review selections and then either click "Make Changes/Cancel" or "Commit and Push Data".

This can be done one at a time or in one large data push. In order to push the data  to all reports or delete the data for all reports, the "Check All" checkboxes at the top can be clicked.