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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 10.37.06.01" title_num="10" subtitle_num="37" chapter_num="06" heading="Collection and Submission of Data.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Beginning on January 1, 2014, each hospital under the jurisdiction of the Health Services Cost Review Commission shall submit to the Commission:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The data elements required by this chapter within 15 days after the last day of the month when the patient was discharged or died; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The reconciliation of inpatient data between the discharge data and the financial data filed with the Commission.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Submission Requirements.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>The data elements submitted under §A(1) o this regulation shall be made in the form as published in the Maryland Register and on the Commission’s website (http://hscrc.maryland.gov).</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The reconciliation submitted under §A(2) of this regulation shall be made in the manner, form, and time frame prescribed by Commission staff.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>A hospital may apply to the Commission for an exception or an extension to its filing requirements as provided in COMAR 10.37.01.02 and .03.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Failure to submit the required data and reconciliation information in a timely manner may subject the hospital to monetary penalties as provided in Commission law and regulation.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>