R432-104-6. Hospital Located Within an Acute Care Hospital

If an LTAC is located within a licensed acute care hospital, the licensee shall: (1) have a separate governing body, chief executive officer, chief medical officer, and medical staff from the co-located hospital; (2) perform basic functions independently from the host hospital; (3) incur not more than 15% of its total inpatient operating costs for items and services supplied by the host hospital; (4) admit 75% of patients from sources other than the host hospital; (5) maintain admission and discharge records separately from those of the hospital where it is co-located; (6) not commingle beds with host hospital beds; and (7) be serviced by the same Medicare fiscal intermediary as the host hospital.