SEXTANT - Electronic Cost Reporting for Nursing Homes


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Cost reports filed by nursing home providers with the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) for periods ending on or after December 31, 2003, are required to be filed electronically in a format and manner prescribed by the Agency. AHCA has developed an Excel application, "SEXTANT", for providers to create and submit their electronic cost report. The following files relate to this process:
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•  Instructions for Cost Reporting, March 22, 2005 [2.01MB]

•  SEXTANT April 13, 2012 [4.7MB]

•  What changed in SEXTANT? April 13, 2012 [64KB]

•  Home Office Lookup, March 22, 2005 [24KB]

•  Instructions for Home Office Lookup, March 22, 2005 [72KB]

•  SEXTANT variables April 13, 2012 [463KB]  

•  What variables changed in SEXTANT?, March 22, 2005 [130KB]

•  Schedule U Merge Utility, March 28, 2007 [1MB]  

•  Instructions for Schedule U Merge Utility, March 28, 2007 [191KB]  

•  Chart of Accounts, April 9, 2009 [62KB] or [368KB]  

•  Chart of Account Categories, October 20, 2005 [43KB]

•  Chart of Accounts Data Transmission File Record Formats, March 28, 2007 [91KB]  

•  Owners Compensation, October 2009  [32KB]

SEXTANT Help Files

•  How to Open a Zip file

•  Having problems with SEXTANT?

•  Download a free trial version of WinZip






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