Hospital Reporting

Hospital Reporting 1. Definitions as used in this Subchapter: A. Hospital – means a place devoted primarily to the maintenance and operation of facilities for the diagnosis, treatment and care of individuals suffering from physical and mental infirmity, illness, disease, injury or deformity, or a place devoted primarily to providing obstetrical or other medical, surgical, or nursing care of individuals, whether or not any such place be organized or operated for profit and whether any such place be publicly or privately owned, and is licensed by the Department as a hospital. The term “hospital” does not include convalescent or boarding homes, children’s homes, homes for the aged or other like establishments where room and board only are provided, nor does it include offices or clinics where patients are not regularly kept as bed patients. B. Freestanding emergency room- a facility open twenty-four (24) hours a day for the treatment of urgent and emergent medical conditions which is not located on a hospital campus. C. Department – means the Mississippi State Department of Health. D. Student- an individual with a full-time undergraduate or graduate enrollment status at a college or university. 2. Hospital Discharge Data A. Purpose -A statewide Hospital Discharge Data System (HDDS) is one of the most important tools for addressing a broad range of health policy issues, including the improvement of the quality and efficiency of medical care. “Discharge data” is defined as the consolidation of complete billing, medical, and personal information describing a patient or resident, the services received, and charges billed for a single hospital stay. The requirements for the collection and submission of data as described shall also apply to those non-federal acute care hospitals located in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee. Data submitted by these non- Mississippi hospitals shall relate exclusively to those patients who are Mississippi residents. B. Reporting Required-Each reporting facility shall report discharge data using methods outlined in the policies and procedures established by the Healthcare Data Registry System. C. Data Elements -The Mississippi HDDS is based on the Health Care Finance Administration (HCFA) UB-04 or the most recent version and additional selected information routinely collected by health care facilities on each patient. Data elements are listed in the HDDS policy manual. D. Quality Assurance-MSDH Data Use Council will develop guidelines for quality assurance and accuracy that each reporting hospital will be required to follow. E. Time of Reporting and Methodology- Reporting facilities shall submit data for each calendar month based upon discharges occurring during such month. Collected data shall be submitted to the HDDS no later than 75 days after the end of the calendar quarter.