Generally, cost reports are due five months past the fiscal year end.  This would mean that a cost report which has a fiscal year end date of 12/31 would have a due date on 5/31 of the following year.  (If the due date falls out on a weekend or holiday, it would be due the first business day past the weekend or holiday.)

This year, due to the COVID-19 PHE, Medicare cost reports due dates have been delayed by CMS to give facilities who are burdened by health care work adequate time to gather their information and process their reports.

The extended cost report due dates for all 10/31/2019 and 11/30/2019 FYEs will be June 30, 2020.

CMS will also delay the filing deadline of the FYE 12/31/2019 cost reports.  The extended cost report due date for FYE 12/31/2019 will be July 31, 2020.

Providers need not request an extension from their MACs; extensions will be granted automatically.

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