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HEALTH CARE REFORM ACT – PUBLIC GOODS POOL

DOH-4264 INSTRUCTIONS

All electing payors/third party administrators (TPA)/administrative services only (ASO) organizations and designated providers are required to file Public Goods Pool reports electronically. This also applies to the 1% Statewide Assessment report filed by hospitals. To file electronically, you must establish an electronic filing account and be assigned a secure password. A website has been established at www.hcrapools.org to facilitate this process.

While electronic filing is designed to be user friendly, a help desk has been established to aid those users requiring assistance. If you need general assistance or assistance in obtaining copies of the electronic filing screens and the electronic reporting certification forms, please contact the help desk at (315) 671-3800 or via e mail at webpools@hcrapools.org.

Upon receipt of a fully completed Electronic Filing User ID Application (DOH-4264), the Office of Pool Administration will assign a secure electronic filing user ID and password to your organization, which you will receive via return mail.

    New Request/Revision to Existing Account: Check the appropriate box. An entity requesting an initial account/password should check the New Request box; an entity that has an existing account and is advising the Department of a change to that account should check the Revision to Existing Account box.


    Payor/TPA/ASO/Provider Name: Enter name of entity that may use the OPA website.

    Federal Employer Identification Number (FEIN): Enter FEIN assigned to the entity named above.

    Operating Certificate # (For providers only): Enter Operating Certificate number assigned by the Department of Health to the entity named above.

    Report(s) being filed electronically (check ALL applicable types): Check all applicable types of reports that your entity will be filing electronically – Public Goods Pool and/or Statewide Assessment.


    By signature below, the Chief Financial Officer or other duly authorized individual of the above named entity authorizes the Office of Pool Administration to assign a secure electronic filing user ID and password to the entity. This information will be mailed directly to the attention of the signer and must remain secured. If an email address is provided, this information will be sent electronically to the email address listed. It is the responsibility of the above named entity to ensure that this information is released only to those individuals requiring knowledge thereof.

    Name/Title/Phone Number (Please Print): Enter name, title and phone number of the person signing above.

    Address/City/State/Zip Code: Enter address of the person signing above.


    CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) requires the following statement on all correspondence with Medicare Beneficiaries:

    “We do not offer every plan available in your area. Any information we provide is limited to those plans we do offer in your area. Please contact Medicare.gov or 1-800-MEDICARE to get information on all your options.”

    Serving Allegheny, Beaver, Butler, Cambria, Greene, Lawrence, Mercer, Washington, and Westmoreland Counties into some counties of West Virginia