(a) The following summary financial and utilization data shall be reported to the department by a hospital within 45 days of the end of a calendar quarter. Adjusted reports reflecting changes as a result of audited financial statements may be filed within four months of the close of the hospital’s fiscal or calendar year. The quarterly summary financial and utilization data shall conform to the uniform description of accounts as contained in the Accounting and Reporting Manual for California Hospitals and shall include all of the following:

(1) Number of licensed beds.

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 128740

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
  • County: includes city and county. See California Health and Safety Code 14
  • Department: means the Department of Health Care Access and Information. See California Health and Safety Code 128700
  • Hospital: means all health facilities except skilled nursing, intermediate care, congregate living, and hospice health facilities. See California Health and Safety Code 128700
  • Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.

(2) Average number of available beds.

(3) Average number of staffed beds.

(4) Number of discharges.

(5) Number of inpatient days.

(6) Number of outpatient visits.

(7) Total operating expenses.

(8) Total inpatient gross revenues by payer, including, but not limited to, Medicare, Medi-Cal, county indigent programs, commercial coverage, other third parties, and other payers.

(9) Total outpatient gross revenues by payer, including, but not limited to, Medicare, Medi-Cal, county indigent programs, commercial coverage, other third parties, and other payers.

(10) Deductions from revenue in total and by component, including the following: Medicare contractual adjustments, Medi-Cal contractual adjustments, and county indigent program contractual adjustments, other contractual adjustments, bad debts, charity care, restricted donations and subsidies for indigents, support for clinical teaching, teaching allowances, and other deductions.

(11) Total capital expenditures.

(12) Total net fixed assets.

(13) Total number of inpatient days, outpatient visits, and discharges by payer, including, but not limited to, Medicare, Medi-Cal, county indigent programs, commercial coverage, other third parties, self-pay, and other payers.

(14) Total net patient revenues by payer, including Medicare, Medi-Cal, county indigent programs, commercial coverage, other third parties, and other payers.

(15) Other operating revenue.

(16) Nonoperating revenue net of nonoperating expenses.

(17) (A)  A balance sheet detailing the assets, liabilities, and net worth at the end of the quarter, as specified by the department.

(B) The department shall allow and provide for, in accordance with appropriate regulations, additions, or deletions to the summary financial and utilization data to meet the purposes of this chapter.

(b) The department may adopt regulations, including emergency regulations, necessary to implement this section.

(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 6, Sec. 2. (AB 112) Effective May 15, 2023.)