Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 439A - Planning for the Provision of Health Care
NRS 439A.220 - Information concerning hospitals: Establishment of program; information to be collected, maintained and provided through program.


1. The Department shall establish and maintain a program to increase public awareness of health care information concerning the hospitals in this State. The program must be designed to assist consumers with comparing the quality of care provided by the hospitals in this State and the charges for that care.
2. The program must include, without limitation, the collection, maintenance and provision of information concerning:
(a) Inpatients and outpatients of each hospital in this State as reported in the forms submitted pursuant to NRS 449.485;
(b) The quality of care provided by each hospital in this State as determined by applying measures of quality endorsed by the entities described in subparagraph (1) of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 439A.230, expressed as a number of events and rate of occurrence, if such measures can be applied to the information reported in the forms submitted pursuant to NRS 449.485;
(c) How consistently each hospital follows recognized practices to prevent the infection of patients, to speed the recovery of patients and to avoid medical complications of patients;
(d) For each hospital, the total number of patients discharged, the average length of stay and the average billed charges, reported by diagnosis-related groups for inpatients and for the 50 medical treatments for outpatients that the Department determines are most useful for consumers;
(e) The total number of patients discharged from the hospital and the total number of potentially preventable readmissions, which must be expressed as a total number and a rate of occurrence of potentially preventable readmissions, and the average length of stay and the average billed charges for those potentially preventable readmissions;
(f) To the extent that money is available for that purpose, for each hospital, the name of each physician who performed a surgical procedure in the hospital and the total number of surgical procedures performed by the physician, reported by diagnosis-related group if the information is available and by principal diagnosis, principal surgical procedure and secondary surgical procedure; and
(g) Any other information relating to the charges imposed and the quality of the services provided by the hospitals in this State which the Department determines is:
(1) Useful to consumers;
(2) Nationally recognized; and
(3) Reported in a standard and reliable manner.
3. As used in this section, "diagnosis-related group" means groupings of medical diagnostic categories used as a basis for hospital payment schedules by Medicare and other third-party health care plans.
(Added to NRS by 2007, 2350; A 2011, 1802, 2126, 2660)

Structure Nevada Revised Statutes

Nevada Revised Statutes

Chapter 439A - Planning for the Provision of Health Care

NRS 439A.010 - Definitions.

NRS 439A.012 - "Department" defined.

NRS 439A.0125 - "Director" defined.

NRS 439A.015 - "Health facility" defined.

NRS 439A.017 - "Health services" defined.

NRS 439A.0195 - "Practitioner" defined. [Effective through December 31, 2021.] "Practitioner" defined. [Effective January 1, 2022.]

NRS 439A.020 - Purposes of chapter.

NRS 439A.081 - Department is state agency for health planning and development; powers of Director; fees.

NRS 439A.082 - Director to contract with Nevada System of Higher Education to collect and analyze information from health facilities and purchasers of health care.

NRS 439A.083 - Director to establish procedure for review of statutes, regulations and standards governing approval, licensing or certification of health facilities.

NRS 439A.086 - Chief Research and Statistical Analyst: Position created.

NRS 439A.100 - Approval of Director required for certain projects; criteria for review of application.

NRS 439A.104 - Approval of Chief Medical Officer required for operation of certain medical helicopters; criteria for review of application.

NRS 439A.111 - Definitions.

NRS 439A.112 - "Provider of health care" defined.

NRS 439A.114 - "Working Group" defined.

NRS 439A.116 - Establishment of database of certain information relating to renewal of license, certificate or registration; data request provided to certain professional licensing boards; confidentiality of information; duties of Director.

NRS 439A.118 - Health Care Workforce Working Group: Establishment; membership; Chair; meetings; quorum; service without compensation; members holding public office or employed by governmental entity; administrative support.

NRS 439A.121 - Health Care Workforce Working Group: Duties; reports.

NRS 439A.122 - Regulations; contracts and agreements; gifts, grants and donations.

NRS 439A.124 - Data request to Board of Medical Examiners and State Board of Osteopathic Medicine for certain information concerning physicians; confidentiality of information; posting of report on Internet website.

NRS 439A.126 - Notification to Department concerning certain transactions involving hospitals or physician group practices; posting of information and report on Internet website.

NRS 439A.130 - Definitions.

NRS 439A.135 - "Administrator" defined.

NRS 439A.138 - "Division" defined.

NRS 439A.140 - "Employer" defined.

NRS 439A.150 - "J-1 visa physician" defined.

NRS 439A.155 - "J-1 visa waiver" defined.

NRS 439A.160 - "Letter of support" defined.

NRS 439A.165 - "Program" defined.

NRS 439A.170 - Establishment; regulations; application fees; accounting and use of money; administration of Program.

NRS 439A.175 - Application for letter of support; qualifications; conditions for contract between employer and J-1 visa physician.

NRS 439A.180 - Violations and penalties.

NRS 439A.185 - Civil and criminal immunity for reporting violations.

NRS 439A.190 - Official recognition required; duty of Department to maintain Internet website; certain activities deemed not to be unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive trade practices.

NRS 439A.200 - Definitions.

NRS 439A.205 - Hospital" defined.

NRS 439A.207 - "Potentially preventable readmission" defined.

NRS 439A.210 - Surgical center for ambulatory patients" defined.

NRS 439A.220 - Information concerning hospitals: Establishment of program; information to be collected, maintained and provided through program.

NRS 439A.230 - Information concerning hospitals: Regulations; deadline for submission of information; notice of failure to provide information to be sent to Division of Public and Behavioral Health.

NRS 439A.240 - Information concerning surgical centers for ambulatory patients: Establishment of program; information to be collected, maintained and provided through program.

NRS 439A.250 - Information concerning surgical centers for ambulatory patients: Regulations; deadline for submission of information; notice of failure to provide information to be sent to Division of Public and Behavioral Health.

NRS 439A.260 - Department to collect and maintain information and make summary of information available to certain persons; information to be aggregated.

NRS 439A.270 - Internet website for information concerning hospitals and surgical centers for ambulatory patients: Establishment; information to be included on website; presentation of information on website; duties of Department.

NRS 439A.280 - Suspension of certain components of program or duties of Department if sufficient money not available; acceptance of gifts and grants.

NRS 439A.290 - Duty of Department to consult; Department allowed to contract with certain entities for analysis of information collected and maintained by Department; regulations for review and release of information; annual report concerning request...

NRS 439A.300 - Injunctions.

NRS 439A.310 - Civil penalties.