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<section article="ghg" article_name="Health - General" number="19-212" title_number="19" title_name="Health Care Facilities" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="Health Services Cost Review Commission">
  <text>The Commission shall:</text>
  <level label="1">
    <text>Require each facility to disclose publicly:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>Its financial position; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>As computed by methods that the Commission determines, the verified total costs incurred and revenue generated by the facility in providing health services;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="2">
    <text>Review for reasonableness and certify the rates and revenue of each facility;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="3">
    <text>Keep informed as to whether a facility has enough resources to meet its financial requirements;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="4">
    <text>Concern itself with solutions if a facility does not have enough resources;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="5">
    <text>Assure each purchaser of health care facility services that:</text>
    <level label="i">
      <text>The total costs of all hospital services offered by or through a facility are reasonable;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="ii">
      <text>The aggregate rates of the facility are related reasonably to the aggregate costs of the facility; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="iii">
      <text>Rates are set equitably among all purchasers of services without undue discrimination;</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="6">
    <text>Develop guidelines for the establishment of global budgets for each facility under Maryland’s all–payer model contract, including guidelines to prevent facilities from taking actions to meet a budget that the Commission determines would have adverse consequences for recipients or purchasers of services;</text>
  </level>
  <level label="7">
    <text>Receive confirmation from Commission staff that facility global budget agreements, as they are developed, are consistent with the guidelines; and</text>
  </level>
  <level label="8">
    <text>After review by the Commission for compliance with the guidelines, post each executed global budget agreement on the Commission’s website.</text>
  </level>
</section>
