For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) COUNCIL. The Hospital Discharge Data Advisory Council established under Section 22-21-416.
(2) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Public Health.
(3) DISCHARGE DATA. Data regarding a patient's discharge as an inpatient or outpatient from a hospital, as required on the UB-04 claim form, or any successor form, and on other forms that include services provided for covered inpatient and outpatient discharges.
(4) HOSPITAL. General acute care, critical access and specialized hospitals, as well as any freestanding emergency department that is separately licensed by the department as a provider-based division of a hospital, as defined by rules of the department and licensed pursuant to Article 2 of this chapter and that are located in this state.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally.
Article 13 - Hospital Discharge Data
Section 22-21-410 - Definitions.
Section 22-21-411 - Discharge Data Collection Systems and Processes; Reports.
Section 22-21-412 - Rulemaking Authority.
Section 22-21-413 - Reporting Requirements; Availability of Data.
Section 22-21-414 - Confidentiality of Identification Data.
Section 22-21-415 - Studies and Publication of Information.
Section 22-21-416 - Hospital Discharge Data Advisory Council.
Section 22-21-417 - Delinquency of Reports; Penalties; Informal Conference; Appeals.