Payment Rates and Cost Survey Information
Information for providers on how to complete annual reports
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Payment rates and cost survey information
This page contains information of interest for providers of Home and Community Based Waiver and Personal Care services. Regulations found at 7 AAC 145.520 through 7 AAC 145.537 provide specific requirements for the determination of payment rates and provider responsibilities for accounting and cost reporting. It is essential that all providers become familiar with these regulations in order to understand what payment rates and reporting requirements apply to them.
- For questions regarding annual reporting requirements, contact the Office of Rate Review at ORRCostReport@alaska.gov.
- For questions related to self-audits, email QAPIProgramIntegrity@alaska.gov or visit the Provider Self-Audits website
- For questions related to provider certification, email DSDCertification@alaska.gov or visit the Provider Certification website
- For questions related to Conduent waiver provider services, contact Tara Fowler at (907) 644-6871 or Tara.Fowler@Conduent.com
Annual reports
The Department will publish the annual list of target providers on August 1st of each year on this website and through the SDS E-Alert System. Only the target providers will be required to submit the annual reports specified in 7 AAC 145.531 and will be required to submit the information 8 months after their fiscal year end.
Target provider list and annual reporting requirements FAQ
Personal care services and waiver rate-setting methodology FAQ
List of target providers
On August 1 of each year, the target provider list and the documentation that will be required to be submitted will be published.
- August 1, 2024 Target Provider List
- August 1, 2023 Target Provider List
- August 1, 2022 Target Provider List
Target Provider Lists older than 25 months are accessible via the Alaska State Libraries Archives & Museums digital collections portal.
Documents needed to complete the annual report
- Updated Cost Survey Instructions (pdf)
- Updated Cost Survey (excel version)
- The attached Excel version of the Cost Survey must be used for reporting. Data entry areas are shaded in green and are open for reporting. The excel file is a smart tool, meaning that green cells will highlight red if the user has input a value that that will not work for the cost report. Examples of common errors made that would result in a red highlighted cell are listed in the training file below.
Providers may submit the Cost Report, including Cost Survey, electronically by scanning them and emailing them to ORRCostReport@alaska.gov. While providers may submit PDF or Excel versions of the cost survey, the Department requests excel versions be submitted. Certifying signatures of the Chief Executive Officer must be sent by PDF.
Providers choosing to mail the Cost Report may send it to:
Office of Rate Review
3601 C Street, Suite 978
Anchorage, AK 99503-5936
Cost of Care Information for Recipients of Services Provided in Assisted Living Homes
Information for provider with a rate history
Providers with claims from the period of July 1, 2009 through September 30, 2009 and processed by February 3, 2010 with a rate history higher than the current Chart of Personal Care and Waiver Service Rates, will continue to be paid at their historic value, per 7 AAC 145.520(g), until a chart of newly rebased rates using the methodology established in the department’s Personal Care Attendant and Waiver Rate Setting Methodology is effective.