N.Y. Public Health Law 238-C – Provider reporting requirements
§ 238-c. Provider reporting requirements. Each health care provider providing clinical laboratory, pharmacy services, radiation therapy services, physical therapy services or x-ray or imaging services shall report to the commissioner in writing every two years information concerning the provider's ownership arrangements, including the health or health related items or services provided by the provider and the names and professional license numbers or any appropriate program provider numbers of practitioners with an ownership or investment interest in the provider, or whose immediate relatives have such an ownership or investment. The information required to be reported to the commissioner pursuant to this section to the extent practicable shall be consistent with the information required pursuant to federal law and regulations to be reported to the secretary of health and human services for health care providers providing items or services to beneficiaries of title XVIII of the federal social security act (medicare). The commissioner shall consult with the commissioner of social services to avoid duplication of reporting requirements for health care providers that participate in the medical assistance program pursuant to title eleven of Article 5 of the social services law.
Terms Used In N.Y. Public Health Law 238-C
- Health care provider: shall mean a practitioner in an individual practice, group practice, partnership, professional corporation or other authorized form of association, a hospital or other health care institution issued an operating certificate pursuant to this chapter or the mental hygiene law, a certified home health agency or a licensed home care services agency, and any other purveyor of health or health related items or services including but not limited to a clinical laboratory, a physiological laboratory, a pharmacy, a purveyor of x-ray or imaging services, a purveyor of physical therapy services, a purveyor of health or health related supplies, appliances or equipment, or an ambulance service. See N.Y. Public Health Law 238
- Health or health related items or services: shall include , but not be limited to, items and services available under the medical assistance program pursuant to title eleven of Article 5 of the social services law. See N.Y. Public Health Law 238
- Pharmacy services: shall mean the preparing, compounding, preserving or, the dispensing of drugs, medicines and therapeutic devices on the basis of prescriptions or other legal authority. See N.Y. Public Health Law 238
- Physical therapy services: means physical therapy as defined by § 6731 of the education law. See N.Y. Public Health Law 238
- Radiation therapy services: shall mean the use of high energy x-rays, particles, or radiation materials for the treatment of cancer and other diseases. See N.Y. Public Health Law 238
- X-ray or imaging services: shall mean diagnostic imaging techniques which shall include but not be limited to the following:
(a) Conventional x-ray or radiology. See N.Y. Public Health Law 238