(a) The first attestation element requires that the employer be a
``facility'' for purposes of the H-1C program, as defined in INA
Section 212(m)(6), 8 U.S.C. 1182 (2)(m)(6).
(b) A qualifying facility under that section is a ``subpart (d)
hospital,'' as defined in Section 1886(d)(1)(B) of the Social Security
Act, 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(1)(B), which:
(1) Was located in a health professional shortage area (HPSA), as
determined by the Department of Health and Human Services, on March 31,
1997. A list of HPSAs, as of March 31, 1997, was published in the
Federal Register on May 30, 1997 (62 FR 29395);
(2) Had at least 190 acute care beds, as determined by its settled
cost report, filed under Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, (42
U.S.C. 1395 et seq.), for its fiscal year 1994 cost reporting period
(i.e., Form HCFA-2552-92, Worksheet S-3, Part I, column 1, line 8);
(3) Had at least 35% of its acute care inpatient days reimbursed by
Medicare, as determined by its settled cost report, filed under Title
XVIII of the Social Security Act, for its fiscal year 1994 cost
reporting period (i.e., Form HCFA-2552-92, Worksheet S-3, Part I,
column 4, line 8 as a percentage of column 6, line 8); and
(4) Had at least 28% of its acute care inpatient days reimbursed by
Medicaid, as determined by its settled cost report, filed under Title
XVIII of the Social Security Act, for its fiscal year 1994 cost
reporting period (i.e., Form HCFA-2552-92, Worksheet S-3, Part I,
column 5, line 8 as a percentage of column 6, line 8).
(c) The Federal Register notice containing the controlling list of
HPSAs (62 FR 29395), can be found in federal depository libraries and
on the Government Printing Office Internet website at http://www.access.gpo.gov/.
(d) To make a determination about information in the settled cost
report, the employer shall examine its own Worksheet S-3, Part I,
Hospital and Hospital Health Care Complex Statistical Data, in the
Hospital and Hospital Health Care Complex Cost
Report, Form HCFA 2552, filed for the fiscal year 1994 cost reporting
period.
(e) The facility must maintain a copy of the portions of Worksheet
S-3, Part I and Worksheet S, Parts I and II of HCFA Form 2552 which
substantiate the attestation of eligibility as a ``facility.'' One set
of copies of this document must be kept in the facility's public access
file. The full Form 2552 for fiscal year 1994 must be made available to
the Department upon request.
