Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 016 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES › Division 24 - Division of Health › Rule 016.24.06-008 - 2006 Hospital Discharge Data Submittal Guide

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
ARKANSAS CODE - "STATE HEALTH DATA CLEARING HOUSE
				ACT"
Arkansas Code Annotated
				20-7-301 et seq.
20-7-301. Title.
This subchapter shall be entitled the "State Health Data
				Clearing House Act."
History. Acts 1995, No. 670, § 1.
20-7-302. Purpose.
The General Assembly finds that as a result of rising health
				care costs, the shortage of health professionals and health care services in
				many areas of the state, and the concerns expressed by care providers,
				consumers, third party payers, and others involved with planning for the
				provision of health care, there is an urgent need to understand patterns and
				trends in the availability, use, and costs of these services. Therefore, in
				order to establish an information base for patients, health professionals, and
				hospitals, to improve the appropriate and efficient usage of health care
				services, and to provide for appropriate protection for confidentiality and
				privacy, the Department of Health shall act as a state health data clearing
				house for the acquisition and dissemination of data from state agencies and
				other appropriate sources to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.
History. Acts 1995, No. 670, § 2.
20-7-303. Collection and dissemination of
			 health data.
(a) The Director of the
			 Department of Health shall, with the approval of the State Board of Health,
			 compile and disseminate health data collected by the Department of
			 Health.
(b) The Department of
			 Health, in consultation with advisory groups appointed by the director with
			 representation from hospitals, outpatient surgery centers, health profession
			 licensing boards, and other state agencies, should:
(1)
(A)
			 Identify the most practical methods to collect, transmit, and share required
			 health data as described in §
											20-7-304;
(B) Utilize, wherever practical, existing
			 administrative databases and modalities of data collection to provide the
			 required data;
(C) Develop
			 standards of accuracy, timeliness, economy, and efficiency for the provision of
			 the data; and
(D) Ensure
			 confidentiality of data by enforcing appropriate rules and
			 regulations.
(2) In
			 order to maximize limited resources and to prevent duplication of effort, the
			 Department of Health may, when appropriate, consider contracting with private
			 entities for the collection of data as set forth in this section subject to the
			 provisions of this subchapter.
(c)
(1) All
			 state agencies, including health profession licensing, certification, or
			 registration boards and commissions, which collect, maintain, or distribute
			 health data, including data relating to the Medicaid program, shall make
			 available to the Department of Health such data as are necessary for the
			 Department of Health to carry out its responsibilities as prescribed by this
			 subchapter or such rules and regulations as may be adopted as provided in
			 §
										20-7-305.
(2) If health data are already reported to
			 another organization or governmental agency in the same manner, form, and
			 content or in a manner, form, and content acceptable to the department, the
			 director may obtain a copy of such data from said organization or agency, and
			 no duplicative report need be submitted by the organization.
(3) All hospitals and outpatient surgery
			 centers licensed by the state shall submit information in a form and manner as
			 prescribed by rules and regulations by the State Board of Health pursuant to
			 §
										20-7-305; however, if the same
			 information is being collected by another state agency, the Department of
			 Health shall obtain such data from the other state agency.
History. Acts 1995, No. 670, § 2.