Code of Maine Rules › 90 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES › 590 - MAINE HEALTH DATA ORGANIZATION › Chapter 630 - UNIFORM SYSTEM FOR REPORTING BASELINE INFORMATION AND RESTRUCTURING OCCURRENCES FOR MAINE HOSPITALS AND PARENT ENTITIES › Section 590-630-1 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
For purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have
				  the following meanings:
A.
Affiliate of or affiliated with
. "Affiliate of or affiliated with"
				refers to a person or entity who directly or indirectly controls or is
				controlled by, or is under common control with, the person specified.
B.
Affiliated company
.
				"Affiliated company" means any health care provider or health care facility
				that is or will be effectively controlled by, or merged into, any of the
				following: the party initiating the restructuring, any subsidiary of said
				party, or any entity that will be created by or in conjunction with the
				restructuring.
C.
Baseline
				information
. "Baseline information" means corporate organizational
				information including locations of affiliate or subsidiary entities as of a
				specified date.
D.
Health
care facility
."Health care facility" means a public or
				private, proprietary or not-for-profit entity or institution providing health
				services including but not limited to, a radiological facility licensed under
				22 M.R.S.A., chapter 160, a health care facility licensed under 22 M.R.S.A.,
				chapter 405 or certified under chapter 405-D, an independent radiological
				service center, a federally qualified health center, a rural health clinic, or
				a rehabilitation agency certified or otherwise approved by the Division of
				Licensing and Certification within the Department of Health and Human Services,
				a home health care provider licensed under 22 M.R.S.A., chapter 419, a
				residential care facility licensed under 22 M.R.S.A., chapter 1665, a hospice
				provider licensed under 22 M.R.S.A., chapter 1681, a retail store drug outlet
				licensed under 32 M.R.S.A., chapter 117, a state institution and mental health
				facility as defined under 34-B M.R.S.A., chapter 1.
E.
Hospital
. "Hospital" means
				any acute care institution required to be licensed pursuant to 22 M.R.S.A.,
				chapter 405.
F.
MHDO
.
				"MHDO" means the Maine Health Data Organization.
G.
M.R.S.A.
"M.R.S.A." means
				Maine Revised Statutes Annotated.
H.
Parent entity
. A "parent entity" means the person, organization or
				corporation that has control, directly or indirectly through majority
				ownership, affiliation, contract or membership of a hospital and/or any
				affiliated health care facility. A parent entity may be an individual hospital
				or, as a parent of a health care facility, considered a health care
				facility.
I.
Person
.
				"Person" means any individual, partnership, group practice, trust, estate,
				corporation, including associations, joint stock companies, cooperative,
				government or governmental subdivision or agency or other legal entity
				recognized by state law that is providing health care services.
J.
Subsidiary
. "Subsidiary"
				means a health care facility corporation, partnership, group practice,
				association or similar organization that is majority controlled or owned either
				directly or indirectly by a parent company.