Iowa Code 135.78 – Data to be compiled
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 135.78
- Department: means the Iowa department of public health. See Iowa Code 135.61
- Health care facility: means health care facility as defined in section 135C. See Iowa Code 135.61
- Hospital: means hospital as defined in section 135B. See Iowa Code 135.61
- property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
- State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 152E.3
The department shall compile all relevant financial and utilization data in order to have available the statistical information necessary to properly monitor hospital and health care facility charges and costs. Such data shall include necessary operating expenses, appropriate expenses incurred for rendering services to patients who cannot or do not pay, all properly incurred interest charges, and reasonable depreciation expenses based on the expected useful life of the property and equipment involved. The department shall also obtain from each hospital and health care facility a current rate schedule as well as any subsequent amendments or modifications of that schedule as it may require. In collection of the data required by this section and sections 135.74 through 135.76, the department and other state agencies shall coordinate their reporting requirements.