Chapter 04. Submission of Hospital Outpatient Data Set to the Commission
Regulation .01 Collection and Submission of Data.LinkCopy Citation
A.
Effective January 1, 2014, each hospital under the jurisdiction of the Health Services Cost Review Commission (Commission) shall submit the data elements as published in the Maryland Register and on the Commission's website (http://www.hscrc.maryland.gov) to the Commission within 15 days following the last day of the month during which the patient was discharged or died. The format for submission shall also be as published in the Maryland Register and on the Commission's website.
B.
A hospital under the jurisdiction of the Commission may apply to the Commission for an exception or an extension to the filing requirements of §A of this regulation as provided for in COMAR 10.37.01.02 and .03.
Regulation .02 Definitions.LinkCopy Citation
A.
In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B.
Terms Defined.
(1)
“Health Services Cost Review Commission (Commission)” means the independent organization within the Maryland Department of Health that is responsible for reviewing and approving rates for hospitals pursuant to Health-General Article, §19-201 et seq., Annotated Code of Maryland.
(2)
“Hospital outpatient” means an encounter or visit to a hospital that does not result in an admission to the hospital.
Regulation .03 Privacy of Information.LinkCopy Citation
Data submitted to the Commission in accordance with this chapter are not public information pursuant to Health-General Article, §19-207, Annotated Code of Maryland.
Regulation .04 Summary Studies, Reports, Compilations.LinkCopy Citation
Summary studies, reports, or other compilations developed by the Commission or Commission staff from data submitted in accordance with this chapter shall be public information provided that, consistent with statutory law, disclosure is made in such a way that an individual patient or physician is not identified.
Regulation .05 Corrections to Data.LinkCopy Citation
The Commission shall prescribe the process for hospitals to submit corrections and revisions to the data on its website.
Chapter annotations
Authority: Health-General Article, §§19-207, 19-212, 19-215, and 19-216, Annotated Code of Maryland
History: Effective date: December 2, 1996 (23:24 Md. R. 1682)
History: Regulation .02B amended effective November 13, 2000 (27:22 Md. R. 2060)
History: Regulations .03 and .04 amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 1998 (25:15 Md. R. 1182); amended permanently effective October 5, 1998 (25:20 Md. R. 1531)
History: Regulation .03 amended effective September 3, 2001 (28:17 Md. R. 1556)
History: Regulation .03B amended effective November 13, 2000 (27:22 Md. R. 2060; July 4, 2005 (32:12 Md. R. 1110)
History: Regulation .04 amended effective November 13, 2000 (27:22 Md. R. 2060); September 3, 2001 (28:17 Md. R. 1556)
History: Regulation .04G amended effective July 4, 2005 (32:12 Md. R. 1110)
History: Regulations .01—.07 repealed effective June 4, 2007 (34:11 Md. R. 972)
History: Regulations .01—.07 adopted effective June 4, 2007 (34:11 Md. R. 972)
History: Chapter revised effective March 9, 2009 (36:5 Md. R. 422)
History: Regulation .01A amended as an emergency provision effective January 1, 2014 (40:24 Md. R. 2014); amended permanently effective March 3, 2014 (41:4 Md. R. 301)