Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 26B > Chapter 3 > Part 5 - Inpatient Hospital Assessment

• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Assessment: means the inpatient hospital assessment established by this part. See Utah Code 26B-3-501
• CMS: means the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services within the United States Department of Health and Human Services. See Utah Code 26B-3-501
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• 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.
• Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
• Discharges: means the number of total hospital discharges reported on:

  (a)	Worksheet S-3 Part I, column 15, lines 14, 16, and 17 of the 2552-10 Medicare cost report for the applicable assessment year; or

  (b)

  a similar report adopted by the department by administrative rule, if the report under Subsection (3)(a) is no longer available. See Utah Code 26B-3-501 Division: means the Division of Integrated Healthcare within the department. See Utah Code 26B-3-501 Enhancement waiver program: means the program established by the Primary Care Network enhancement waiver program described in Section 26B-3-211. See Utah Code 26B-3-501 Executive director: means the executive director of the department appointed under Section 26B-1-203. See Utah Code 26B-1-102 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. Health coverage improvement program: means the health coverage improvement program described in Section 26B-3-207. See Utah Code 26B-3-501 Hospital share: means the hospital share described in Section 26B-3-505. See Utah Code 26B-3-501 Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases. Medicaid accountable care organization: means a managed care organization, as defined in 42 C. See Utah Code 26B-3-501 Medicaid waiver expansion: means a Medicaid expansion in accordance with Section 26B-3-113 or 26B-3-210. See Utah Code 26B-3-501 Medicare cost report: means CMS-2552-10, the cost report for electronic filing of hospitals. See Utah Code 26B-3-501 Non-state government hospital: means a hospital owned by a non-state government entity. See Utah Code 26B-3-501 Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Private hospital: means : (i)  a general acute hospital, as defined in Section 26B-2-201, that is privately owned and operating in the state; and (ii)  a privately owned specialty hospital operating in the state, including a privately owned hospital whose inpatient admissions are predominantly for: (A)  rehabilitation; (B)  psychiatric care; (C)  chemical dependency services; or (D)  long-term acute care services. See Utah Code 26B-3-501 Property: includes both real and personal property. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 State teaching hospital: means a state owned teaching hospital that is part of an institution of higher education. See Utah Code 26B-3-501 United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Upper payment limit gap: means the difference between the private hospital outpatient upper payment limit and the private hospital Medicaid outpatient payments, as determined in accordance with 42 C. See Utah Code 26B-3-501 Writing: includes :Utah Code 68-3-12.5