Beginning January 1, 1981, N.J.A.C. 8:31B-2.1, the rule on hospital reporting of Uniform Bill--Patient Summaries, has been used as a common billing and reporting mechanism for each inpatient discharged from, and ambulatory same-day surgery outpatient treated in, a hospital. As of December 1, 2003, this rule will also apply to emergency department outpatients.
N.J. Admin. Code § 8:31B-2.2