Nevada Administrative Code › Chapter 439A - Planning for the Provision of Health Care › PROGRAMS TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF INFORMATION CONCERNING HOSPITALS AND SURGICAL CENTERS FOR AMBULATORY PATIENTS › Section 439A.835 - Internet website for information concerning hospitals and surgical centers for ambulatory patients: Duties of Department

Current through June 11, 2024
The Department will:
1. Update the information contained on the
			 Internet website established and maintained pursuant to
			 NRS
			 439A.270 at least quarterly.
2. At least once every 2 years, review the
			 information contained on the Internet website established and maintained
			 pursuant to
			 NRS
			 439A.270 to determine whether the information
			 or the Internet website should be expanded, modified or otherwise altered. In
			 making such determination, the Department will consider, without limitation,
			 whether new measures of quality have been endorsed by the Agency for Healthcare
			 Research and Quality of the United States Department of Health and Human
			 Services, the National Quality Forum, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
			 Services of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, a
			 quality improvement organization of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
			 Services or The Joint Commission.
3. Before including any information on the
			 Internet website established and maintained pursuant to
			 NRS
			 439A.270, use nationally accepted standards
			 to audit the health information to ensure the completeness and accuracy of the
			 information.
4. Provide on the
			 Internet website established and maintained pursuant to
			 NRS
			 439A.270 a link to the Internet website of
			 the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department which contains
			 information on sentinel events reported pursuant to
			 NRS 439.800 to
			 439.890,
			 inclusive.
5. Provide on the
			 Internet website established and maintained pursuant to
			 NRS
			 439A.270 a report of potentially preventable
			 readmissions of patients who received acute care hospital services from a
			 hospital other than a critical access hospital, using the information reported
			 on the universal billing forms submitted pursuant to NAC 449.963. The
			 Department will annually update the report provided pursuant to this
			 subsection.
6. To the extent that
			 money is available for that purpose, provide on the Internet website
			 established and maintained pursuant to
			 NRS
			 439A.270 the name of each physician who
			 performed a surgical procedure in a hospital or surgical center for ambulatory
			 patients in this State and the total number of surgical procedures performed by
			 the physician, reported by principal diagnosis and, if the information is
			 available, by diagnosis-related group.
7. As used in this section:
(a) "Acute care hospital services" means
			 services ordinarily furnished in a hospital for the care and treatment of an
			 inpatient under the direction of a physician or dentist which are furnished in
			 an institution that:
(1) Is maintained
			 primarily for the care and treatment of patients with disorders other than
			 mental illness;
(2) Is licensed as
			 a hospital by the Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the
			 Department;
(3) Meets the
			 requirements for participation as a provider for Medicare; and
(4) Has in effect a utilization review plan
			 for any patient who is a recipient of Medicaid which complies with
			 42 C.F.R. §
											482.30.