Connect Shield
Beneficiary Count Report B51562

Know your CAP exposure before the demand letter.

Your beneficiary count sets your aggregate cap. Connect Shield calculates your exposure and flags a clawback before CMS sends the bill.

The math that ends hospices

The Medicare aggregate cap limits total reimbursement to your beneficiary count times the annual per-beneficiary cap amount. Exceed it and CMS claws back the difference — often a devastating six-figure demand arriving months after the cap year closes. The Beneficiary Count report (B51562) holds the number that drives it, and most owners don't run the math until it's too late.

Live cap calculation

Beneficiaries × per-cap amount, against your net reimbursement — exposure in real time.

Clawback estimate

If you're over, we show the dollar figure you'd owe, not a vague warning.

Headroom when you're safe

Under the cap? See exactly how much room is left before you're at risk.

Cap-year aware

Uses the correct per-beneficiary amount for the cap year in question.

Try it now

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