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Highlights of the Draft Health Care Audit Guide

Kimberly McKay, Partner BKD, LLP. Highlights of the Draft Health Care Audit Guide. AICPA’s Health Care Audit Guide. Published on the AICPA website on April 6, 2011

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Highlights of the Draft Health Care Audit Guide

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  1. Kimberly McKay, Partner BKD, LLP Highlights of the Draft Health Care Audit Guide

  2. AICPA’s Health Care Audit Guide • Published on the AICPA website on April 6, 2011 • http://www.aicpa.org/InterestAreas/AccountingAndAuditing/Resources/AcctgFinRptg/AcctgFinRptgGuidance/Pages/WorkingDraftHealthCareOrganizations.aspx • Comment Period was open until June 6, 2011 • Only 11 comment letters submitted and 9 were on a CCRC issue • Anticipated production date by September 30, 2011

  3. AICPA’s Health Care Audit Guide • First comprehensive revision since 1996 • FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) changed the structure of all accounting & reporting standards

  4. Objectives of the Guide • Supplemental guidance, not a complete set of GAAP or GAAS • Highlights issues prevalent to health care organizations • Improve clarity & reduce variance in practice • Improve user friendliness

  5. Objectives of the Guide • Guide is no longer authoritative, references ASC throughout • GASB has not finalized their codification project at this time • Describes FinREC’s understanding of certain issues & may indicate FinREC’s preference

  6. Preview of the Health Care Audit Guide

  7. Chapter 1 – Unique Considerations of Health Care Organizations • Scope of the Guide – Who is included • Senior Independent Living – Exercise judgment • Does not apply to Foundations • Regulatory environment • General discussion of Health Care Reform • 501(r) regulations • Updates will be made as necessary

  8. Chapter 2 – General Audit Considerations • General auditing guidance • Example footnote – Audit procedures do not include testing of tax exempt status, Medicare & Medicaid regulations. Management is responsible for compliance • HIPPA Business Associate Agreements • SOP 00-1 on auditing third-party revenues • Risk-based capital requirements

  9. Chapter 3 – Unique Considerations for Not-for-Profit Organizations (NEW) • Discusses the performance indicator (revenues over expenses) & what is excluded • Provides for the flexibility of having other intermediate subtotals • Can report natural or functional classification of expenses on the statement of operations • If you report natural classifications, ASC 958-205-55 requires functional classification in the footnotes

  10. Chapter 3 – Unique Considerations for Not-for-Profit Organizations (NEW) • CCRCs can have an unclassified balance sheet • Puts into words what the example financials used to provide • Source of publicly available example financial statements

  11. Chapter 3 – Unique Considerations for Not-for-Profit Organizations (NEW) • Subsequent event disclosures (ASC 855) • Conduit debt obligors • If the debt has not begun trading in a public market – Evaluate subsequent events up through the date financial statements are available to be issued • Public trading – Evaluate subsequent events through the issuance date of the financials

  12. Chapter 4 – Cash & Investments • Centralized cash management arrangements – Subsidiaries would show a receivable from an affiliated organization not cash under ASC Topic 230 (FAS 95) unless the subsidiary has legal title to the deposit • Would be an investing activity on the cash flow statement • Cash from restricted donations not reported separately unless required by ASC 954-305-45 (i.e., designated for long-term purposes)

  13. Chapter 4 – Cash & Investments • Election of trading securities ASC 320 • Trading securities unrealized gains & losses are within the performance indicator & therefore OTTI would not apply • Additional guidance on impairment of investments • Election of fair value option ASC 825 • Unrealized gains & losses would be within the performance indicator

  14. Chapter 4 – Cash & Investments • Additional guidance on alternative investments • Cost, Equity or Fair Value methods – See table in Chapter 12 • ASC 820-10 practical expedient for using NAV as fair value

  15. Chapter 5 – Derivatives (New) • ASC Topic 815-30 (FAS 133) & ASC Topic 815-25 (FAS 161) • Cash Flow Hedges vs. Fair Value Hedges • Statement of operations presentation considerations • Fair Value Hedge – In the performance indicator • Cash Flow Hedge – Effective portion excluded from the performance indicator & ineffective portion is included in the performance indicator

  16. Chapter 5 – Derivatives (New) • Guidance on when a hedge is terminated or cash flow hedging is terminated • Examples • Hedges • Embedded derivatives • Puts & calls • Swaps

  17. Chapter 6 – Property & Equipment & Other Assets • Intangibles ASC 350 • Types of intangibles • Evaluation goodwill for impairment • Capitalized Interest ASC 835-20 • Two different methods – tax-exempt debt for the project or outstanding borrowings • Does not apply to construction acquired with restricted contributions

  18. Chapter 6 – Property & Equipment & Other Assets • Asset retirement obligations • Asbestos & other environmental remediation obligations • Impairment of long-lived assets • Discontinued operations • ASC 350-40 internally developed software costs

  19. Chapter 7 – Municipal Bond Financing (NEW) • Definition of a public entity for reporting purposes (traded in a public market) • EMMA (Electronic Municipal Market Access) • Obligated group statements • Classification of remarketing & variable rate demand bonds • Extinguishment of debt & defeasance guidance • Arbitrage • Guidance on auditor association with municipal debt offerings

  20. Chapter 7 – Municipal Bond Financing (NEW) • Unresolved Issue – How should debt be recorded on a stand alone entity that is a member of an obligated group is there is joint and several liability? • Stay tuned………….

  21. Chapter 8 – Contingencies & Other Liabilities • ASU 2010-24 Gross presentation of insurance recoveries • Effective date for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010 (calendar year-end 2011)

  22. Chapter 8 – ASU 2010-24 • In current practice, health care organizations show liability for many common contingencies net of insurance recoveries (i.e., offsetting) • Decision is that net presentation should not be permitted & a receivable from the insurance company should be evaluated & presented separately, if appropriate

  23. Chapter 8 – ASU 2010-24 • Any difference between recognized liabilities & insurance receivables will be recognized as a cumulative effect adjustment • Retrospective application is permitted • Need to evaluate if you have a system to capture appropriate information to record insurance claims & recoveries at gross

  24. Chapter 8 – Contingencies & Other Liabilities • Malpractice Accruals – ASC Topic 954-450-25-2A indicates that accruals should not be on funding amounts because the risk of adverse deviation does not meet criteria of a liability • Discussion of discounted versus undiscounted liability

  25. Chapter 8 – Contingencies & Other Liabilities • When discounting may be appropriate • Liability is fixed or reliably determinable • Amount & timing of cash payments is fixed or reliably determinable • Expected insurance recoveries are also discounted • Auditor should consider tests of estimates & timing of payments

  26. Chapter 8 – Contingencies & Other Liabilities • FinREC believes that if an entity discounts accrued malpractice claims they should disclose in footnotes • Policy on timing of recoveries • Policy for discounting claims • Interest rate used • Undiscounted amounted of accrued claims

  27. Chapter 8 – Contingencies & Other Liabilities • Claims made insurance accruals – ASC Topic 720-20-25-14 – Recognize an IBNR if loss is probable & reasonably estimated • 720-20-30-2 states purchasing tail coverage is not relevant in determining loss to be accrued (cannot net an insurance receivable) • Need to consider the need for an IBNR on claims made insurance accruals

  28. Chapter 8 – Contingencies & Other Liabilities • Physician guarantees • Minimum revenue guarantees • Record a liability initially measured at fair value • Most entities also record an intangible asset that is amortized over life of the contract • Financing transactions • Accounted for as loans

  29. Chapter 8 – Contingencies & Other Liabilities • Compensation related liabilities • Deferred compensation arrangements • Post retirement & employment benefits • Tax considerations for not-for-profit entities, including uncertain tax positions

  30. Chapter 8 – Contingencies & Other Liabilities • Provider fees – TPA 6400.30 • If there is a guaranteed return by the state it should be recorded as a receivable • If monies go into a pool – Payments should be recognized as an expense • Subsequent reimbursements from the pool should be recognized as revenue when payment is assured & entitled

  31. Chapter 9 – Net Assets (Equity) • Net asset classifications • Releases from restriction • Temporarily restricted funds must be used first unless the expense is directly attributable to another source of revenue (i.e., a cost reimbursed contract) • ASC 954-210-50 restrictions on contributions of long-lived assets are satisfied when the asset is placed in service • UPMIFA disclosures • Noncontrolling interest of a consolidated subsidiary should be a separate component of net assets

  32. Chapter 10 – Health Care Service Revenue & Related Receivables • Different revenue arrangements (capitated, episodic, fee for service, etc.) • SOP 00-1 Auditing third-party revenues • Retroactive adjustments – Reasonable estimates should be made based on entity specific information • 954-605-35-1 requires differences in original estimates & final settlements to be disclosed • Settlements can only be netted if a right of offset exists

  33. Chapter 10 – Health Care Service Revenue & Related Receivables • FinREC recommends additional disclosures • Disclose settlements from each significant third-party payor • Provide a summary of activity for each operating period • Disclose status of third-party settlement claims

  34. RAC Accruals • Will not be specifically addressed in the Health Care Audit Guide • HFMA Principles & Practices Board white paper

  35. Chapter 10 – ASU 2010-23 • Charity care – Current guidance requires disclosure of charity care revenue recognition policy & amount, if material • Effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, early adoption permitted

  36. Chapter 10 – ASU 2010-23 • Costs should be determined on the basis of direct & indirect costs related to providing the service • Required disclosures • Subsidies received intended to compensate an entity for providing charity care, i.e., uncompensated care fund • Description of the method used to determine the costs of providing charity care

  37. ASU 2011-07 Disclosure of Bad Debts • Revenue recognition project – Not complete so excluded from the Guide • Heard at March 18, 2010 EITF meeting, (EITF Project 09-H) • Current practice – Revenue recorded at gross charges, then uncollectible amounts are deducted as an expense (except for GASB)

  38. ASU 2011-07 Disclosure of Bad Debts • Presentation of Bad Debts net against revenue • Ratified by FASB December 1,2010 • Rescinded December 8, 2010, & re-exposed • Re-issued July 2011 • FASB will still continue with their revenue recognition project.

  39. ASU 2011-07 Disclosure of Bad Debts • Bad debts will be shown as a separate line under patient service revenue when an entity does not assess a patient’s ability to pay • Two exceptions • Bad debts on items other than patient service revenue, ie. Rent revenue • If a health care entity only records revenue to the extent it expects to collect that amount.

  40. ASU 2011-07 Disclosure of Bad Debts • Additional disclosure requirements • Policies for recognizing revenue and determination of bad debts by major payor source • Qualitative and quantitative information about significant changes in the allowance for doubtful accounts, which may include the amount of write-offs by payor class, significant changes in underlying assumptions or estimates • Effective for non-public entities the first annual period ending after December 15, 2012 with early adoption permitted

  41. ASU 2011-07 Disclosure of Bad Debts • Stay tuned for additional guidance when consolidated entities have different practices in evaluating collectability • i.e. Hospital and an a surgery center

  42. Chapter 11 – Contributions Received & Made • Contributions of long-lived assets • Contributions vs. exchange transactions • Pledges & promises to give • Not-for-profit organizations that raise or hold contributions for others • Split-interest agreements

  43. Chapter 12 – Reporting Entity & Related Entities • Mergers & acquisition guidance • Diversity in practice • Necessary due to the elimination of pooling of interest method • Subsequent accounting for goodwill & intangibles • Noncontrolling interests

  44. Accounting for Mergers • Carryover basis at merger date • GAAP assets & liabilities carry over • Carry forward classification & elections • Exceptions • Merger results in modification of a contract • Reclassification necessary to conform accounting policies

  45. Acquisition Method • If a transaction is accounted for as an acquisition • Same as acquisition under ASC Topic 805 (FAS 141(R)) • Steps • Identify acquirer • Determine acquisition date • Generally the closing date • Recognize assets acquired & liabilities assumed at FV • Recognize & measure goodwill or contribution received

  46. Chapter 12 – Reporting Entity & Related Entities • Comprehensive table on various types of relationships & how to account for them • Consolidation guidance • Equity transfers & transactions • Investor-owned entities • Variable interest entities

  47. Chapter 13 – Managed Care Services • Presentation & disclosure considerations • Accounting for health care costs • Accounting for loss contracts • Premium revenue is expected to cover health care costs – Losses should be recognized when probable • Accounting for stop-loss insurance • Amounts recoverable from stop-loss insurers should be recorded as a receivable

  48. Chapter 14 – CCRC’s • Guidance on refundable fees paid only from re-occupancy • Most controversial • If the resident agreement does not stipulate that the refundable amount is limited to re-occupancy the advance fee will be reported as a liability • Guide was re-instated to delete the above sentence • White paper has been drafted to go to the EITF which discusses different alternatives. Leans towards getting rid of the re-occupancy language

  49. Chapter 14 – CCRC’s • CCRC’s can show an unclassified balance sheet • FINrec believes that CCRC’s should disclose • Amounts classified as current & noncurrent for deferred revenues • Any applicable state regulatory requirements • Amount of advance fees that are subject to repayment based on the resident’s ability to terminate the agreement

  50. Chapter 15 – Unique Considerations of Government Health Care Entities • GAAP Hierarchy • Category A – GASB statements • Category B – GASB technical bulletins & if cleared by GASB AICPA Audit Guide & SOPs • Category C – AICPA Practice bulletins • Category D – Implementation Guides published by GASB staff

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