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The AICPA staff issued Technical Information Service
(TIS) 9110.15, a practice aid on auditor “certification” of the cost
reports that health care organizations sometimes must submit as a
condition of participation in Medicaid, Medicare and other third-party
reimbursement programs (
www.aicpa.org/download/members/ ). Practitioners are encouraged
to implement the guidance as soon as possible.