Opinion ID: 480354
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Snack Bar Meal Costs

Text: 42 Before the PRRB, the Center also challenged Blue Cross's refusal to reimburse its snack bar costs that relate to providing employee meals. The Board upheld this refusal, again basing its decision on the inadequacy of the Center's records to support its reimbursement claims. 32 43 We will affirm the district court's entry of summary judgment for the Secretary on this issue. We agree with the district court that the record before the Board [d]id not establish with the required degree of accuracy the snack bar costs attributable to employee meals during the years in question. 33 The Center must bear the cost of its failure to maintain the records required of a Medicare provider.CONCLUSION 44 On the conversion cost issue, we will vacate the district court's summary judgment for the Center and will direct the district court to enter summary judgment for the Secretary. On the dietary cost center and snack bar meal cost issues, we will affirm the district court's entry of summary judgment for the Secretary.