Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 215 - RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING HEALTH DATA REPORTING › Part I - Definitions › Section 12VAC5-215-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 shall have the following meanings:
"Adjusted patient days" means inpatient days divided by the
					 percentage of inpatient revenues to total patient revenues.
"Board" means the Board of Health.
"Certified nursing facility" means any skilled nursing
					 facility, skilled care facility, intermediate care facility, nursing or nursing
					 care facility, or nursing home, whether freestanding or a portion of a
					 freestanding medical care facility, that is certified as a Medicare or Medicaid
					 provider, or both, pursuant to § 32.1-137 of the Code of Virginia.
"Consumer" means any person (i) whose occupation is other
					 than the administration of health activities or the provision of health
					 services, (ii) who has no fiduciary obligation to a health care institution or
					 other health agency or to any organization, public or private, whose principal
					 activity is an adjunct to the provision of health services, or (iii) who has no
					 material financial interest in the rendering of health services.
"Health care institution" means
(i) a general hospital, ordinary hospital, or
				  outpatient surgical hospital, nursing home or certified nursing facility
				  licensed or certified pursuant to Article 1 (§ 32.1-123 et seq.) of
				  Chapter 5 of Title 32.1 of the Code of Virginia,
(ii) a mental or psychiatric hospital
				  licensed pursuant to Chapter 8 (§ 37.1-179 et seq.) of Title 37.1 of the
				  Code of Virginia or
(iii) a
				  hospital operated by the University of Virginia or Virginia Commonwealth
				  University. In no event shall such term be construed to include continuing care
				  retirement communities which file annual financial reports with the State
				  Corporation Commission pursuant to Chapter 49 (§ 38.2-4900 et seq.) of
				  Title 38.2 of the Code of Virginia, any physician's office, nursing care
				  facility of a religious body which depends upon prayer alone for healing,
				  independent laboratory or outpatient clinic.
"Hospital" means any facility licensed pursuant to §
					 32.1-123 et seq. or § 37.1-179 et seq. of the Code of Virginia.
"Late charge" means a fee that is assessed a health care
					 institution that submits any of the board's filings past the due date.
"Nursing home" means any facility or any identifiable
					 component of any facility licensed pursuant to Article 1 (§ 32.1-123 et
					 seq.) of Chapter 5 of Title 32.1 of the Code of Virginia, in which the primary
					 function is the provision, on a continuing basis, of nursing services and
					 health-related services for the treatment and inpatient care of two or more
					 nonrelated individuals, including facilities known by varying nomenclature or
					 designation such as convalescent homes, skilled nursing facilities or skilled
					 care facilities, intermediate care facilities, extended care facilities and
					 nursing or nursing care facilities.
"Patient day" means a unit of measure denoting lodging
					 facilities provided and services rendered to one inpatient, between
					 census-taking-hour on two successive days. The day of admission but not the day
					 of discharge or death is counted a patient day. If both admission and discharge
					 or death occur on the same day, the day is considered a day of admission and
					 counts as one patient day. For purposes of filing fees to the board, newborn
					 patient days would be added. For a medical facility, such as an ambulatory
					 surgery center, which does not provide inpatient services, each patient
					 undergoing surgery during any one 24-hour period will be equivalent to one
					 patient day.
Statutory Authority
§§ 32.1-12 and 32.1-276.2 et seq. of the Code
						of Virginia.