Sec. 6. In addition to the report filed under section 3 of this chapter, each hospital shall, not more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the end of each calendar quarter, file with the state department, or the state department’s designated contractor, inpatient and outpatient discharge information at the patient level, in a format prescribed by the state health commissioner, including the following:

(1) The patient’s:

Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-21-6-6

  • 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.
(A) length of stay;

(B) diagnoses and surgical procedures performed during the patient’s stay;

(C) date of:

(i) admission;

(ii) discharge; and

(iii) birth;

(D) type of admission;

(E) admission source;

(F) gender;

(G) race;

(H) discharge disposition; and

(I) payor, including:

(i) Medicare;

(ii) Medicaid;

(iii) a local government program;

(iv) commercial insurance;

(v) self-pay; and

(vi) charity care.

(2) The total charge for the patient’s stay.

(3) The ZIP code of the patient’s residence.

(4) Beginning October 1, 2013, all diagnosed external causes of injury codes.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-10-5-2(e), (f).]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.94-1994, SEC.15; P.L.44-2002, SEC.3; P.L.156-2011, SEC.17.

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