# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 37 — Health Services Cost Review Commission

### Chapter 04 — Submission of Hospital Outpatient Data Set to the Commission

**Authority:** Health-General Article, §§19-207, 19-212, 19-215, and 19-216, Annotated Code of Maryland

**Administrative History:** Effective date: December 2, 1996 (23:24 Md. R. 1682)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .02B amended effective November 13, 2000 (27:22 Md. R. 2060)

**Administrative 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)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03 amended effective September 3, 2001 (28:17 Md. R. 1556)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .03B amended effective November 13, 2000 (27:22 Md. R. 2060; July 4, 2005 (32:12 Md. R. 1110)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .04 amended effective November 13, 2000 (27:22 Md. R. 2060); September 3, 2001 (28:17 Md. R. 1556)

**Administrative History:** Regulation .04G amended effective July 4, 2005 (32:12 Md. R. 1110)

**Administrative History:** Regulations .01—.07 repealed effective June 4, 2007 (34:11 Md. R. 972)

**Administrative History:** Regulations .01—.07 adopted effective June 4, 2007 (34:11 Md. R. 972)

**Administrative History:** Chapter revised effective March 9, 2009 (36:5 Md. R. 422)

**Administrative 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)

#### Regulation .01 Collection and Submission of Data.

*COMAR 10.37.04.01*

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.

*COMAR 10.37.04.02*

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.

*COMAR 10.37.04.03*

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.

*COMAR 10.37.04.04*

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.

*COMAR 10.37.04.05*

The Commission shall prescribe the process for hospitals to submit corrections and revisions to the data on its website.