Code of Maine Rules › 90 - INDEPENDENT AGENCIES › 590 - MAINE HEALTH DATA ORGANIZATION › Chapter 300 - UNIFORM REPORTING SYSTEM FOR HOSPITAL FINANCIAL DATA › Section 590-300-1 - Definitions

Current through 2024-29, July 17, 2024
A.
Affiliate of or affiliated
				with
. "Affiliate of or affiliated with" refers to a person, organization
				or entity who directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by, or is under
				common control with, the person specified.
B.
Audited financial statement
.
				"Audited financial statement" means the fiscal report issued annually by a
				parent entity or hospital that has received an independent audit of its
				financial statements by an independent public accountant in accordance with
				generally accepted accounting principles.
C.
Consolidated Functions
.
				"Consolidated functions" mean those functions which represent the sum total of
				the parent entity and/or hospital and all of its subsidiaries when presented in
				accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
D.
Employed
. "Employed" means
				the physician is on the entity's payroll system.
E.
End Date
. "End Date" means
				the date a physician's employment/affiliation ended with the system, hospital
				or practice.
F.
Generally
				accepted accounting principles
."Generally accepted accounting
				principles" means accounting principles and financial statement presentation
				using standards adopted by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in a format
				approved by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
G.
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 an
				independent radiological services center 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, a federally qualified health center or rural
				health clinic certified 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, chapter 1665, a hospice provider
				licensed under 22 M.R.S.A., chapter 1681, a community rehabilitation program
				licensed under 20-A M.R.S.A., chapter 701, a state institution as defined under
				34-B M.R.S.A., chapter 1 and a mental health facility licensed under 34-B
				M.R.S.A., chapter 1.
H.
Hospital
. "Hospital" means any acute care institution required to
				be licensed pursuant to 22 M.R.S.A., chapter 405.
I.
MHDO
. "MHDO" means the Maine
				Health Data Organization.
J.
M.R.S.A.
"M.R.S.A." means Maine Revised Statutes
				Annotated.
K.
Multi-Hospital
				System
. "Multi-Hospital System" means a system with more than one
				hospital (ie: MaineHealth, Central Maine Health Care, Northern Light
				Health).
L.
NPI
. "NPI"
				means the National Provider Identification Number.
M.
Operating expenses
.
				"Operating expenses" mean costs incurred in the day to day operation of the
				parent entity or hospital.
N.
Parent entity
. A "parent entity" means the 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.
O.
Payer
.
				"Payer" means any person, entity, facility, insurer or government agency that
				reimburses a hospital for all or part of a patient's incurred
				charges.
P.
Revenue
.
				"Revenue" means the standard charges or the regular rates established by the
				hospital for services rendered to its patients. Charges should be uniformly
				applied to all patients for similar services irrespective of the
				payer.
Q.
Start Date
.
				"Start Date" means the date a physician began the employment/affiliation with
				the system, hospital or practice.
R.
Subsidiary
. "Subsidiary"
				means a corporation, partnership, association or similar organization in which
				the parent entity owns or controls either directly or indirectly the majority
				of the activities, management, assets and/or stock.
S.
Unconsolidated functions
.
				"Unconsolidated functions" mean those functions undertaken by the parent and
				hospital entity, including all departments and units regardless of geographic
				location, which are under the direct control and management of the parent
				entity or hospital when presented in accordance with generally accepted
				accounting principles.