Arizona Administrative Code › Title 9 - HEALTH SERVICES › Chapter 11 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES - HEALTH CARE INSTITUTION FACILITY AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WORKFORCE DATA › Article 1 - DEFINITIONS › Section R9-11-101 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 30, No. 28, July 12, 2024
In this Chapter, unless otherwise specified:
1. "Admission" or "admitted" means documented
				acceptance by a health care institution of an individual as an inpatient of a
				hospital, a resident of a nursing care institution, or a patient of a
				hospice.
2. "AHCCCS" means the
				Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, established under A.R.S. §
									36-2902.
3. "Allowance" means a charity care discount,
				self-pay discount, or contractual adjustment.
4. "Arizona facility ID" means a unique code
				assigned to a hospital by the Department to identify the source of inpatient
				discharge or emergency department discharge information.
5. "Assisted living facility" means the same
				as in A.R.S. §
									36-401.
6. "Attending provider" means the medical
				practitioner who has primary responsibility for the services a patient receives
				during an episode of care.
7.
				"Available bed" means an inpatient bed or resident bed, as defined in A.R.S.
				§
									36-401,
				for which a hospital, nursing care institution, or hospice has health
				professionals and commodities to provide services to a patient or
				resident.
8. "Bill" means a
				statement for money owed to a health care institution for the provision of the
				health care institution's services.
9. "Business day" means any day of the week
				other than a Saturday, a Sunday, a legal holiday, or a day on which the
				Department is authorized or obligated by law or executive order to
				close.
10. "Calendar day" means any
				day of the week, including a Saturday or a Sunday.
11. "Cardiopulmonary resuscitation" means the
				same as in A.R.S. §
									36-3251.
12. "Charge" means a specific dollar amount
				set by a health care institution for the use or consumption of a unit of
				service provided by the health care institution.
13. "Charge source" means the unit within a
				health care institution that provided services to an individual for which the
				individual's payer source is billed.
14. "Charity care" means services provided
				without charge to an individual who meets certain financial criteria
				established by a health care institution.
15. "Chief administrative officer" means the
				same as in A.A.C.
				R9-10-101.
16. "Chief financial officer" means an
				individual who is responsible for the financial records of a health care
				institution.
17. "Classification"
				means a designation that indicates the types of services a hospital
				provides.
18. "Clinical evaluation"
				means an examination performed by a medical practitioner on the body of an
				individual for the presence of disease or injury to the body, and review of any
				laboratory test results for the individual.
19. "Code" means a single number or letter, a
				set of numbers or letters, or a combination of numbers and letters that
				represents specific information.
20. "Commodity" means a non-reusable
				material, such as a syringe, bandage, or IV bag, utilized by a patient or
				resident.
21. "Contractual
				adjustment" means the difference between charges billed to a payer source and
				the amount that is paid to a health care institution based on an established
				agreement between the health care institution and the payer source.
22. "Control number" means a unique number
				assigned by a hospital for an individual's specific episode of care.
23. "Department" means the Arizona Department
				of Health Services.
24. "Designee"
				means a person assigned by the governing authority of a health care institution
				or by an individual acting on behalf of the governing authority to gather
				information for or report information to the Department.
25. "Diagnosis" means the identification of a
				disease or injury, by an individual authorized by law to make the
				identification, that is a cause of an individual's current medical
				condition.
26. "Discharge" means a
				health care institution's termination of services to a patient or resident for
				a specific episode of care.
27.
				"Discharge status" means the disposition of a patient, including whether the
				patient:
a. Was discharged home,
b. Was transferred to another health care
				institution, or
c. Died.