New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 52 - HOSPITAL SERVICES MANUAL
Subchapter 6 - FINANCIAL REPORTING PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS
Section 10:52-6.29 - Patient convenience items
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Television and Radio provided to patients shall be excluded and net gains or losses from such services shall be treated as Case C.
(b) Telephone and Telegraph services provided to patients, including the appropriate portion of the hospital's switchboard costs shall be excluded and net gains or losses from such services treated as Case C.
(c) Luxury Meals and Items provided to patients or guests shall be excluded and treated as Case A.
(d) Non-Patient Room Rental Income generated from boarders related to or visitors of a patient shall be excluded from Revenue Related to Patient Care and treated as Case B.
(e) Private-Duty Nursing Services when provided through the hospital at the request of the patient and not prescribed by the attending physician shall be excluded and treated as Case C.
(f) Private Room Differential Income above a hospital's most common charge for a semi-private room for similar routine services, when specifically requested by the patient shall be excluded and treated as Case C. When ordered by the attending physician for medical necessity, income shall be excluded and treated as Case C. Hospitals should maintain separate revenue classifications for medically necessary and patient convenience private room revenue. Patients admitted or transferred to private rooms because of the unavailability of semi-private rooms shall be charged at the semi-private room rate, with a courtesy allowance (Policy Discount) generated for the differential. No attempt shall be made to identify private room Routine Service cost differentials.
