RSA 151:36. Payment by Hospitals, End-Stage Renal Dialysis Centers, and Ambulatory Surgical Centers.
AI-assisted research summary: The department must assess fees on covered hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, and end-stage renal dialysis centers, and the commissioner must seek available federal funding for the program.
I. The department shall assess a fee to hospitals, end-stage renal dialysis centers, and ambulatory surgical centers that are required to report under RSA 151:33 to support the program's approved operating budget. (a) The hospitals' portion shall be proportional to the number of measures reported by all hospitals in the state. (b) The ambulatory surgical centers' portion shall be proportional to the total number of measures reported by ambulatory surgical centers in the state. (c) The end-stage renal dialysis centers' portion shall be proportional to the total number of measures reported by end-stage renal dialysis centers in the state. II. There shall be proportional fee categories based on the hospital's number of beds, which shall total the amount of payment required by the hospitals. Of that base amount as stated in subparagraph I(a), each individual hospital shall pay a fee based on the appropriate category for that hospital. III. There shall be proportional fee categories based on the range of procedures performed annually at an ambulatory surgical center, which shall equal the total amount of payment that is required by all ambulatory surgical centers. Of that base amount as stated in subparagraph I(b), each ambulatory surgical facility required to report shall pay a fee based on the appropriate category for that ambulatory surgical center. III-a. There shall be proportional fee categories based on the range of patient visits annually at an end-stage renal dialysis center, which shall equal the total amount of payment that is required by all end-stage renal dialysis centers. Of that base amount as stated in subparagraph I(c), each end-stage renal dialysis center required to report shall pay a fee based on the appropriate category for that end-stage renal dialysis center. IV. The department shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to proportional rates, fee categories, and a payment schedule. V. There is hereby established the health care associated infections fund. The fund shall be composed of fees collected in accordance with RSA 151:36, I-II-a and shall be used to carry out the provisions of this subdivision. The fund shall be nonlapsing and shall be continually appropriated to the commissioner for the purposes of this subdivision. VI. The commissioner shall apply for all federal funding available to supplement the health care associated infections program. In the event federal funding is unavailable to cover the program costs either in part or in its entirety, the hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers shall be responsible for paying their proportion of the fees under this chapter to support the program's operating budget. Source: Source. 2009, 159:1, eff. July 1, 2009. 2012, 117:3, eff. July 1, 2012. 2016, 192:2-4, eff. Aug. 2, 2016.