South Carolina Code 44-7-266. Uncompensated indigent care requirements; ambulatory surgical facilities
(B) The requirements of this section shall apply to new contracts or renewals of contracts entered into on or after the effective date of this section.
Terms Used In South Carolina Code 44-7-266
- Ambulatory surgical facility: means a facility organized and administered for the purpose of performing surgical procedures for which patients are scheduled to arrive, receive surgery, and be discharged on the same day. See South Carolina Code 44-7-130
- Department: means the Department of Health and Environmental Control. See South Carolina Code 44-7-130
- Hospital: means a facility that is organized and administered to provide overnight medical or surgical care or nursing care for an illness, injury, or infirmity and must provide on-campus emergency services; that may provide obstetrical care; and in which all diagnoses, treatment, or care is administered by or under the direction of persons currently licensed to practice medicine, surgery, or osteopathy. See South Carolina Code 44-7-130
(C) In order to be licensed by the department, any ambulatory surgical facility established or constructed after the effective date of this section and which does not require a Certificate of Need under this chapter, shall provide indigent/charity care in one of the amounts below after it has been in operation for two calendar years:
(1) if the ambulatory surgical facility provides care to Medicaid beneficiaries, it must provide uncompensated indigent/charity care to the underinsured or medically indigent in an amount equal to or greater than two percent of its adjusted gross revenue; or
(2) if the ambulatory surgical facility does not provide care to Medicaid beneficiaries, it must provide uncompensated indigent/charity care to the underinsured or medically indigent in an amount equal to or greater than three percent of its adjusted gross revenue.
(3) For purposes of this section, "medically indigent" is defined as in § 44-6-5(5).
(4) An ambulatory surgical facility subject to this provision must provide annual reports to the department to demonstrate its compliance. Noncompliance of this provision shall result in a monetary penalty in the amount of the difference between the services which the facility is required to provide and the amount actually provided.
(D) The department shall promulgate regulations within one year of the effective date of this act setting forth the necessary duties to comply with this provision.