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PE-FRD-E (Rev. 09/19) FEDERALLY REQUIRED DISCLOSURES: ENTITIES
DEFINITIONS e following denitions provided here for reference are found at 42 CFR § 1001.2, 42 CFR §
455.101 and 130 CMR 450.221.
Agent: any person who has been delegated the authority to
obligate or act on behalf of a provider.
Disclosing Entity: a Medicaid provider (other than an
individual practitioner or group of practitioners), or a scal
agent.
Familial Relationship: parent, child, sibling, or spouse.
Fiscal Agent: a contractor that processes or pays vendor
claims on behalf of the Medicaid agency.
Group of Practitioners: two or more health care practitioners
who practice their profession at a common location (whether
or not they share common facilities, common supporting sta,
or common equipment).
Immediate Family Member: a person’s husband or wife;
natural or adoptive parent; child or sibling; step-parent,
stepchild, stepbrother or stepsister; father-, mother-,
daughter-, son-, brother- or sister-in-law; grandparent or
grandchild; or spouse of a grandparent or grandchild.
Indirect Ownership Interest: an ownership interest in an
entity that has an ownership interest in the disclosing entity.
is term includes an ownership interest in any entity that has
an indirect ownership interest in the disclosing entity.
Managed Care Entity (MCE): managed care organizations
(MCOs), PIHPs, PAHPs, PCCMs, and HIOs, as dened by 42
CFR §455.101.
Managing Employee: a general manager, business manager,
administrator, director, or other individual who exercises
operational or managerial control over, or who directly or
indirectly conducts the day-to-day operation of an institution,
organization, or agency.
Member of Household: with respect to a person, any
individual with whom he or she is sharing a common abode as
part of a single family unit, including domestic employees and
others who live together as a family unit. A roomer or boarder
is not considered a member of household.
Other Disclosing Entity (ODE): any other Medicaid
disclosing entity and any entity that does not participate in
Medicaid, but is required to disclose certain ownership and
control information because of participation in any of the
programs established under Title V, XVIII, or XX of the Act.
is includes (a) any hospital, nursing facility, home health
agency, independent clinical laboratory, renal disease facility,
rural health clinic, or health maintenance organization that
participates in Medicare (Title XVIII); (b) any Medicare
intermediary or carrier; and (c) any entity (other than
an individual practitioner or group of practitioners) that
furnishes, or arranges for the furnishing of, health-related
services for which it claims payment under any plan or
program established under Title V or Title XX of the Act.
Ownership Interest: the possession of equity in the capital,
the stock, or the prots of the disclosing entity.
Person with Ownership or Control Interest: A person or
corporation that (a) has an ownership interest totaling ve
percent or more in a disclosing entity; (b) has an indirect
ownership interest equal to ve percent or more in a disclosing
entity; (c) has a combination of direct and indirect ownership
interests equal to ve percent or more in a disclosing entity;
(d) owns an interest of ve percent or more in any mortgage,
deed of trust, note, or other obligation secured by the
disclosing entity if that interest equals at least ve percent of
the value of the property or assets of the disclosing entity; (e)
is an ocer or director of a disclosing entity that is organized
as a corporation; (f) is a partner in a disclosing entity that is
organized as a partnership, or (g) owns directly or indirectly
an interest of ve percent or more in any real property leased
to a disclosing entity for use as a nursing facility, rest home, or
hospital.
An individual is deemed to own any benecial interest owned
directly or indirectly by or for his or her minor children or
spouse.
Signicant Business Transaction: any business transaction or
series of transactions that, during any one scal year, exceed
the lesser of $25,000 or ve percent (5%) of a provider’s total
operating expenses.
Subcontractor: (a) an individual, agency, or organization to
which a disclosing entity has contracted or delegated some
of its management functions or responsibilities of providing
medical care to its patients; or (b) an individual, agency, or
organization with which a scal agent has entered into a
contract, agreement, purchase order, or lease (or leases of real
property) to obtain space, supplies, equipment, or services
provided under the Medicaid agreement.
Supplier: an individual, agency, or organization from which a
provider purchases goods and services used in carrying out its
responsibilities under Medicaid (e.g., a commercial laundry, a
manufacturer of hospital beds, or a pharmaceutical rm).
Wholly Owned Supplier: a supplier whose total ownership
interest is held by a provider or by a person, persons, or other
entity with an ownership or control interest in a provider.