Revision to Balancing Requirement on Form 5, Line 10, of the Contractor Reporting of Operational and Workload Data (CROWD)
The following requirement from Publication 100-06,
Medicare Financial Management, chapter 6, §450.3 – Body of Report, (CROWD FORM
5) Line 10, is hereby deleted: The total of the entries on line 10 for columns 1, 2, and 3
must equal the total of all electronic claims processed as reported by intermediaries on
page 11, line 38, column 8 of the Monthly Intermediary Workload Report (Form CMS1566) and by carriers on page 9, line 38, column 6 of the Monthly Carrier Performance
Report (Form CMS-1565).
This deletion is necessary as the 1566 and 1565 Workload Reports may not balance to
Line 10 of CROWD Form 5.
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: October 22, 2004
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