NRS 439A.230
Information concerning hospitals: Regulations

  • deadline for submission of information
  • notice of failure to provide information to be sent to Division of Public and Behavioral Health.

1.

The Department shall, by regulation:

(a)

Prescribe the information that each hospital in this State must submit to the Department for the program established pursuant to NRS 439A.220.

(b)

Prescribe the measures of quality for hospitals that are required pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection 2 of NRS 439A.220. In adopting the regulations, the Department shall:

(1)

Use the measures of quality endorsed by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the National Quality Forum, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, a quality improvement organization of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Joint Commission;

(2)

Prescribe a reasonable number of measures of quality which must not be unduly burdensome on the hospitals; and

(3)

Take into consideration the financial burden placed on the hospitals to comply with the regulations.
Ê The measures prescribed pursuant to this paragraph must report health outcomes of hospitals, which do not necessarily correlate with the inpatient diagnosis-related groups or the outpatient treatments that are posted on the Internet website pursuant to NRS 439A.270.

(c)

Prescribe the manner in which a hospital must determine whether the readmission of a patient must be reported pursuant to NRS 439A.220 as a potentially preventable readmission and the form for submission of such information.

(d)

Require each hospital to:

(1)

Provide the information prescribed in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) in the format required by the Department; and

(2)

Report the information separately for inpatients and outpatients.

2.

The information required pursuant to this section and NRS 439A.220 must be submitted to the Department not later than 45 days after the last day of each calendar month.

3.

If a hospital fails to submit the information required pursuant to this section or NRS 439A.220 or submits information that is incomplete or inaccurate, the Department shall send a notice of such failure to the hospital and to the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department.

Source: Section 439A.230 — Information concerning hospitals: Regulations; deadline for submission of information; notice of failure to provide information to be sent to Division of Public and Behavioral Health., https://www.­leg.­state.­nv.­us/NRS/NRS-439A.­html#NRS439ASec230.

439A.010
Definitions. 439A.012
“Department” defined. 439A.015
“Health facility” defined. 439A.017
“Health services” defined. 439A.020
Purposes of chapter. 439A.081
Department is state agency for health planning and development 439A.082
Director to contract with Nevada System of Higher Education to collect and analyze information from health facilities and purchasers of health care. 439A.083
Director to establish procedure for review of statutes, regulations and standards governing approval, licensing or certification of health facilities. 439A.086
Chief Research and Statistical Analyst: Position created. 439A.100
Approval of Director required for certain projects 439A.104
Approval of Chief Medical Officer required for operation of certain medical helicopters 439A.0125
“Director” defined. 439A.130
Definitions. 439A.135
“Administrator” defined. 439A.138
“Division” defined. 439A.140
“Employer” defined. 439A.150
“J-1 visa physician” defined. 439A.155
“J-1 visa waiver” defined. 439A.160
“Letter of support” defined. 439A.165
“Program” defined. 439A.170
Establishment 439A.175
Application for letter of support 439A.180
Violations and penalties. 439A.185
Civil and criminal immunity for reporting violations. 439A.190
Official recognition required 439A.0195
“Practitioner” defined. 439A.200
Definitions. 439A.205
“Hospital” defined. 439A.207
“Potentially preventable readmission” defined. 439A.210
“Surgical center for ambulatory patients” defined. 439A.220
Information concerning hospitals: Establishment of program 439A.230
Information concerning hospitals: Regulations 439A.240
Information concerning surgical centers for ambulatory patients: Establishment of program 439A.250
Information concerning surgical centers for ambulatory patients: Regulations 439A.260
Department to collect and maintain information and make summary of information available to certain persons 439A.270
Internet website for information concerning hospitals and surgical centers for ambulatory patients: Establishment 439A.280
Suspension of certain components of program or duties of Department if sufficient money not available 439A.290
Duty of Department to consult 439A.300
Injunctions. 439A.310
Civil penalties.
Last Updated

Feb. 5, 2021

§ 439A.230’s source at nv​.us