Or. Admin. R. 411-070-0340 - Chain Operations

(1) A chain organization consists of a group of two or more health care facilities that are owned, leased, or through any other device controlled by one business entity. This includes not only proprietary chains but also chains operated by various religious and other charitable organizations.

(2) Although the home office of a chain is normally not a provider in itself, it may furnish to the individual provider central administration or other service such as centralized accounting, purchasing, personnel, or management services. Only the home office's actual cost of providing such services is includable in the provider's allowable costs under the program.

(3) Home office costs that are not otherwise allowable costs when incurred directly by the provider are not allowable as home office costs to be allocated to providers. Where the home office is a mere holding company and provides no services related to resident care, no costs of the home office are allowable to the providers in the chain or single facility.

(4) Where an owner receives compensation from the home office for services to the facility, the compensation is allowable only to the extent that it is related to resident care and to the extent that it is reasonable as defined under owner's compensation.

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Or. Admin. R. 411-070-0340

PWC 866(Temp), f. 12-30-77, ef. 1-1-78; AFS 19-1978, f. & ef. 5-1-78; Renumbered from 461-017-0340 by Ch. 784, OL 1981 & AFS 69-1981, f. 9-30-81, ef. 10-1-81; SSD 14-1991(Temp), f. 6-28-91, cert. ef. 7-1-91; SSD 18-1991, f. 9-27-91, cert. ef. 10-1-91; SSD 6-1993, f. 6-30-93, cert. ef. 7-1-93; SPD 9-2006, f. 1-26-06, cert. ef. 2-1-06

Stat. Auth.: ORS 410.070

Stats. Implemented: ORS 410.070