National Institute of Transplantation, an Independent Histocompatibility Laboratory, Did Not Fully Comply With Medicare’s Cost-Reporting Requirements

The National Institute of Transplantation (NIT), an independent histocompatibility laboratory located in Los Angeles, California, did not fully comply with Medicare requirements for reporting tissue-typing costs and revenues on its fiscal year (FY) 2012 Medicare cost report. Of the 186 cost transactions that we reviewed, 177 were correctly reported; however, the remaining 9 transactions, totaling $81,063, were incorrectly reported. Of the 751 tissue-typing tests that we reviewed, 711 were correctly reported; however, the remaining 40 tests and 94 additional tests, with combined revenues totaling $50,000, were incorrectly reported.