Florida Administrative Code
59 - AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION
59E - Hospital and Nursing Home Reporting Systems and Other Provisions Relating to Hospitals
Chapter 59E-7 - INPATIENT DATA COLLECTION
Section 59E-7.022 - Inpatient Data Reporting and Audit Procedures

(1) Hospitals licensed under Chapter 395, F.S., except state-operated hospitals, in operation for all or any of the reporting periods described in subsection 59E-7.023(1), F.A.C., below, shall submit hospital inpatient discharge data to the Agency according to the provisions in Rules 59E-7.012 and 59E-7.021 through 59E-7.030, F.A.C.

(2) Each hospital shall submit a separate report for each location per Section 408.061(3), F.S.

(3) All acute, intensive care, long term acute care, short term and long term psychiatric, substance abuse and comprehensive rehabilitation live discharges and deaths, including newborn live discharges and deaths, shall be reported. Submit one record per inpatient discharge, to include all newborn admissions, transfers and deaths. Patients receiving rehabilitation services while in the acute care setting (not discharged or transferred to a distinct part unit) are included in the inpatient reporting for service type 1. Report all rehabilitation services provided in either a rehabilitation hospital or in a non-acute distinct part unit in the inpatient reporting for service type 2.

(4) Upon notification by the Agency staff, all hospitals shall provide access to all required information from the medical records and billing documents underlying and documenting the hospital inpatient discharge reports submitted, as well as other inpatient related documentation deemed necessary to conduct complete inpatient data audits of hospital data, subject to the limitations as set forth in Section 408.061(1)(d), F.S. No inpatient discharge records that support inpatient discharge data are exempt from disclosure to the Agency for audit purposes.