Each inpatient hospital shall submit the patient level data
to the board for processing and verification. If data is submitted in this
fashion, the board will transmit it to the nonprofit organization along with
any fees submitted by the hospital to the board for the processing and
verification of such data.
As an alternative to submitting the patient level data to
the board, an inpatient hospital may submit the patient level data to the
office of the nonprofit organization for processing and verification.
If a hospital chooses this alternative it shall notify the
board and the nonprofit organization of its intent to follow this
procedure.
In lieu of submitting the patient level data to the board or
to the nonprofit organization, an inpatient hospital may submit already
processed, verified data to the nonprofit organization. If an inpatient
hospital chooses this alternative for submission of patient level data, it
shall notify the board and the nonprofit organization of its intent to utilize
this procedure.
If an inpatient hospital decides to change the option it has
chosen, it shall notify the board of its decision 30 days prior to the due date
for the next submission of patient level data.
