Providing Information to the Department

(A) Each Licensed or Approved Provider shall timely submit management information data in a manner prescribed by the Department including, but not limited to, admissions, discharges, patient or resident characteristics, services and outcomes, and staff patterns and characteristics. It shall also submit to the Department such data, statistics, schedules, or information as the Department may require for the purposes of licensing and/or monitoring and evaluating a service as well as data required to meet federal reporting requirements including, but not limited to, outcome data. (B) Each Licensed or Approved Provider is responsible for requesting patient or resident authorizations to ensure the timely submission of data to the Department. (C) All information submitted pursuant to the requirements of 105 CMR 164.000 or otherwise required by the Department shall be kept current by each Licensed or Approved Provider.