Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 130.000 - Hospital Licensure
Subpart C - SUPPLEMENTARY STANDARDS: IN GENERAL
Section 130.333 - Required Hospital Capacity Reporting

Universal Citation: 105 CMR 130.000 MA Code of Regs 130.333

Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

(A) Each hospital shall report data to the Department documenting the hospital's staffed beds and occupied bed capacity to inform the Department's and hospitals' awareness of hospital capacity in the Commonwealth; to support the identification of patterns and trends in overall hospital capacity, resource utilization, and other key metrics; and to inform the Department's response to potential or active urgent or emergent situations, as determined by Department.

(B) Each hospital shall report in accordance with Department guidelines for reporting hospital capacity data, including the means of reporting. Such means of reporting may include a secure, Internet-based, emergency information management platform utilized by the Department for this purpose or any other platform, manner, or method identified in Department guidelines.

(C) Data reported to the Department pursuant to 105 CMR 130.333 shall include, but not be limited to:

(1) staffed beds by licensed bed type;

(2) occupied beds by licensed bed type;

(3) patient demographics for beds reported pursuant to 105 CMR 130.333(A); and

(4) other information as specified in the Department's guidelines necessary for the Department and hospitals to understand hospital capacity in the Commonwealth.

(D) Unless the Commissioner requires more frequent submission in response to potential or active urgent or emergent situations, such data shall be submitted to the Department at the cadence established in Department guidelines provided that:

(1) for acute hospitals as defined in 105 CMR 130.375(A), such submission shall include daily data that shall be submitted at least once each week but may be submitted daily or more frequently as allowable under Department guidelines and identified data submission platforms; and

(2) for non-acute hospitals as defined in 105 CMR 130.375(A), shall submit at least once annually.

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