As used in this chapter:

“Department” means the department of human services.

“Fiscal year” means a twelve-month period from July 1 of a particular calendar year to June 30 of the following calendar year, inclusive.

“Hospital” means any facility licensed pursuant to chapter 11-93, Hawaii Administrative Rules.

“Inpatient care” means the care of patients whose conditions require admission to a hospital.

“Medicaid cost report” means the annual cost report that a hospital submits to the State’s medicaid agency.

“Net patient service revenue” means gross revenue from inpatient and outpatient care provided to hospital patients converted to net patient service revenue utilizing data from Worksheets G-2 and G-3 of each hospital’s medicare cost report for the fiscal year ending three years prior to the state fiscal year for which net patient service revenue is being calculated. For example, the net patient service revenue for fiscal year 2017-2018 shall be based on data from fiscal year 2014-2015. If the hospital is new or did not file a fiscal year medicare cost report, the department shall obtain the hospital’s net patient service revenue from the most recent period available.

“Outpatient care” means all services furnished by hospitals to patients who are registered as hospital outpatients.

“Private hospital” means all currently operating hospitals, except for hospitals that are:

(1) Operated by or affiliated with the Hawaii health systems corporation; or

Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 346G-3

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Department: means the department of human services. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346G-3
  • Fiscal year: means a twelve-month period from July 1 of a particular calendar year to June 30 of the following calendar year, inclusive. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346G-3
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Hospital: means any facility licensed pursuant to chapter 11-93, Hawaii Administrative Rules. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346G-3
  • Medicaid cost report: means the annual cost report that a hospital submits to the State's medicaid agency. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346G-3
  • Net patient service revenue: means gross revenue from inpatient and outpatient care provided to hospital patients converted to net patient service revenue utilizing data from Worksheets G-2 and G-3 of each hospital's medicare cost report for the fiscal year ending three years prior to the state fiscal year for which net patient service revenue is being calculated. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346G-3
  • Outpatient care: means all services furnished by hospitals to patients who are registered as hospital outpatients. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 346G-3
(2) Charitable hospitals funded primarily through donations or other non-insurance sources of funding, and whose net patient revenue is less than fifty per cent of operating expenses, per the medicaid cost report.

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