Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 3 - Bureau of Acute Care Systems › Subpart 5 - Mississippi Hospital Sustainability Program › Chapter 1 - Mississippi Hospital Sustainability Grant Program Regulations › Subchapter 1 - General › Rule 15-3-5-1.1.1 - Definitions

Current through June 25, 2024
1. "BACS" means the Bureau of Acute Care
					 Systems, Mississippi State Department of Health.
2. "Beneficiary Agreement" means the
					 instruments sent by the Department to Eligible Beneficiaries for certification
					 of program requirements and binds the Eligible Beneficiary to all terms and
					 conditions of the Program prior to release of funds.
3. "Coronavirus or COVID-19" means the
					 Coronavirus Disease 2019.
4.
					 "Critical Access Hospital" means a rural hospital designated by the Centers for
					 Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) as a Critical Care Hospital and licensed
					 as a Critical Care Hospital by HFLC.
5. "Department, the Department, or MSDH"
					 means the Mississippi State Department of Health, as established by Miss. Code
					 Ann. §
											43-3-1,
et seq
.
					 (Rev. 2006).
6. "Eligible
					 Beneficiary" means an entity defined in Section 1(iii) (a-f) of SB 2372 that
					 has applied for funding by submitting a formal application through this Program
					 and has demonstrated that it is in fact eligible to receive funds under SB 2372
					 based on the facts and data submitted with its application for funding.
					 Entities eligible to apply include licensed hospitals in the State of
					 Mississippi, including specialty hospitals recognized and licensed as such by
					 HFLC. Hospitals owned and operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs and
					 the State Department of Mental Health are NOT eligible to apply. No other
					 entities except as expressly defined herein and in compliance with SB 2372 will
					 be eligible to apply for funding under this Program.
7. "Emergency Department" means an organized
					 hospital-based facility for the provision of unscheduled episodic services to
					 patients who present for immediate medical attention that is available 24 hours
					 per day seven days per week and approved by HFLC for such purpose.
8. "Frequently Asked Questions" means a
					 listing of questions and answers related to the Program and potentially
					 eligible expenses that can be found at
https://msdh.ms.gov/sustainabilitygrant
.
9. "HFLC" means the Bureau of Health
					 Facilities Licensure and Certification, Mississippi State Department of
					 Health.
10. "Licensed Bed" means
					 the number of beds listed on the current hospital license issued by
					 HFLC.
11. "Mississippi Hospital
					 Sustainability Grant Program" means Senate Bill 2372, 2023 Regular Legislative
					 Session.
12. "Operating Expenses"
					 means an expense that a business incurs through its normal business
					 operations.
13. "Program" means the
					 "Mississippi Hospital Sustainability Grant Program" provided in Senate Bill
					 2372, 2023 Regular Legislative Session.
14. "Rural Hospital" means a licensed
					 hospital in a Rural County Designation as determined by data from the U.S.
					 Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) or a Metropolitan County
					 Designation as listed under an exception for outlying counties that do not have
					 any urbanized area population by HRSA and approved as such by HFLC.
15. "Specialty Services' as used in these
					 regulations refers to services provided at specialty licensed hospitals such as
					 women's health services, long-term acute care, rehabilitation or psychiatric
					 services.
Senate
						Bill 2372, 2023 Regular Legislative Session