Utah Admin. Code R432-104-6 - Hospital Located Within an Acute Care Hospital

If an LTAC is located within a licensed acute care hospital, the licensee shall:

(1) have a separate governing body, chief executive officer, chief medical officer, and medical staff from the co-located hospital;

(2) perform basic functions independently from the host hospital;

(3) incur not more than 15% of its total inpatient operating costs for items and services supplied by the host hospital;

(4) admit 75% of patients from sources other than the host hospital;

(5) maintain admission and discharge records separately from those of the hospital where it is co-located;

(6) not commingle beds with host hospital beds; and

(7) be serviced by the same Medicare fiscal intermediary as the host hospital.

Notes

Utah Admin. Code R432-104-6

Amended by Utah State Bulletin Number 2023-07, effective 3/22/2023