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<chapter num="06" heading="Submission of Hospital Discharge Data Set to the Commission" title_num="10" subtitle_num="37">
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" 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>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01-1" heading="Out-of-State Hospitals.">
    <paragraph num="A.">
      <text>The requirements for the collection and submission of data as described in Regulation .01 of this chapter shall also apply to those non-federal acute care hospitals located in Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia. Data submitted by these non-Maryland hospitals shall relate exclusively to those patients who are Maryland residents.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="B.">
      <text>The Commission may consider these non-Maryland hospitals that otherwise provide discharge data as described in Regulation .04 of this chapter to the public to be exempt from the data requirements referred to in §A of this regulation. In addition, non-Maryland hospitals may apply to the Commission for an exception or an extension to either the form or to the manner of these data requirements as provided for in COMAR 10.37.01.02 and .03.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="C.">
      <text>If a non-Maryland hospital fails to submit discharge data on all Maryland patients as required by the Commission, the matter shall be referred by the Commission to Maryland's Medical Assistance Program for appropriate action.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".02" heading="Uniform Hospital Discharge Abstract Data Set.">
    <text>Data Elements are as published in the Maryland Register and on the Commission's website (http://www.hscrc.state. md.us).</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".03" heading="Privacy of Information.">
    <text>Data submitted in accordance with this chapter are not public information pursuant to Health-General Article, §19-207(d), Annotated Code of Maryland.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" heading="Summary Studies, Reports, Compilations.">
    <text>Summary studies, reports, or other compilations developed by the Commission or its staff from the data submitted in accordance with this chapter shall be public information except that disclosure may not be made in a way that the data furnished by a specific patient can be identified.</text>
  </regulation>
  <regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" heading="Corrections to Data.">
    <text>The Commission shall prescribe the process for hospitals to submit corrections and revisions to the data on its website.</text>
  </regulation>
  <annotations>
    <annotation type="Authority">Health-General Article, §§19-207, 19-211, 19-212, 19-215, and 19-216, Annotated Code of Maryland</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Effective date: January 1, 1983 (9:16 Md. R. 1605)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02J, K repealed and new Regulation .02A, B(10) and (11) adopted effective July 1, 1985 (12:13 Md. R. 1280)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01—.06 repealed effective January 1, 1986 (12:22 Md. R. 2105)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulations .01—.06 adopted effective January 1, 1986 (12:22 Md. R. 2105)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01 repealed and new Regulation .01 adopted effective February 28, 2005 (32:4 Md. R. 411)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01-1 adopted effective February 7, 2000 (27:2 Md. R. 145)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 repealed and new Regulation .02 adopted effective April 1, 1993 (20:5 Md. R. 514)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02 amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 1998 (25:15 Md. R. 1183); amended permanently effective October 5, 1998 (25:20 Md. R. 1531)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02B amended effective September 1, 1986 (13:16 Md. R. 1827); November 3, 1986 (13:22 Md. R. 2400)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02B amended as an emergency provision effective November 17, 1986 (13:25 Md. R. 2653); emergency status expired March 1, 1987</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02B amended effective March 9, 1987 (14:5 Md. R. 580); August 1, 1994 (21:15 Md. R. 1306); December 4, 1995 (22:24 Md. R. 1894); February 10, 1997 (24:3 Md. R. 187); August 5, 2002 (29:15 Md. R. 1142); July 4, 2005 (32:13 Md. R. 1112); June 4, 2007 (34:11 Md. R. 972)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .02B amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2007 (34:17 Md. R. 1506); amended permanently effective October 8, 2007 (34:20 Md. R. 1739)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03 repealed and new Regulation .03 adopted effective April 1, 1993 (20:5 Md. R. 514)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03 amended effective August 1, 1994 (21:15 Md. R. 1306); December 4, 1995 (22:24 Md. R. 1894); February 10, 1997 (24:3 Md. R. 187)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03 amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 1998 (25:15 Md. R. 1183); amended permanently effective October 5, 1998 (25:20 Md. R. 1531)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03B, H amended as an emergency provision effective July 1, 2007 (34:17 Md. R. 1506); amended permanently effective October 8, 2007 (34:20 Md. R. 1739)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03F amended as an emergency provision effective November 17, 1986 (13:25 Md. R. 2653); emergency status expired March 1, 1987</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03F amended effective March 9, 1987 (14:5 Md. R. 580)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03G amended effective August 5, 2002 (29:15 Md. R. 1142)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .03H amended effective July 4, 2005 (32:13 Md. R. 1112); June 4, 2007 (34:11 Md. R. 972)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .06 amended as an emergency provision effective April 1, 1993 (20:5 Md. R. 514)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Chapter revised effective March 9, 2009 (36:5 Md. R. 422)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" subtype="Administrative History">Regulation .01A, B 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)</annotation>
  </annotations>
</chapter>