N.J. Admin. Code § 8:31B-3.66
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 23, December 2, 2024
Section 8:31B-3.66 - Adjusted admission assessment(a) The Department annually shall assess each general and specialty heart hospital a charge of $ 10.00 per adjusted admission in the most recent complete calendar year on a calendar-year basis. 1. Effective July 1, 2018, the Department annually shall assess each rehabilitation and long-term acute care hospital a charge of $ 10.00 per adjusted admission in the most recent complete calendar year on a calendar-year basis.(b) If a general hospital or specialty heart hospital does not submit the most recent Acute Care Hospital Cost Report, as defined at N.J.A.C. 8:31B-4.131, by the due date of June 30 of each year, pursuant to N.J.A.C. 8:31B-4.6, and prior to the Department's calculation of the assessment for the following year, the Department shall use the hospital's most recent assessment, increased by 15 percent, for the calculation of the following year's assessment.(c) Effective July 1, 2018, each rehabilitation and long-term acute care hospital, on an annual basis, shall submit revenue and admissions data using the Admissions and Revenue Report Form (known as the "ARR Form"), by July 31 of each year. 1.N.J.A.C. 8:31B-4.16, 4.64, and 4.65 identify the required revenue and admissions financial elements data that rehabilitation and long-term acute care hospitals are to report by means of the ARR, which are total admissions, skilled nursing facility (SNF) admissions, other admissions, inpatient revenue, outpatient revenue, SNF revenue, mobile intensive care unit (MICU) revenue, and services not related to patient care (SNRPC) revenue.(d) If a rehabilitation or long-term acute care hospital does not submit the information required pursuant to (c) above by the due date of July 31 of each year and prior to the Department's calculation of the assessment for the following year, the Department shall use the hospital's most recent assessment, increased by 15 percent, for the calculation of the following year's assessment.(e) For purposes of annual data submission required pursuant to this section, all hospitals shall submit the revenue and admissions data using one of the following methods, in the following order of preference:2. By electronic mail (email) to gmesa@doh.nj.gov.3. By regular mail to: Hospital Financial Reporting Unit
Office of Health Care Financing
NJ Department of Health
55 North Willow Street, 5th Floor
PO Box 360
Trenton, NJ 08625-0360
4. By hand-delivery or overnight delivery service to: Hospital Financial Reporting Unit
Office of Health Care Financing
NJ Department of Health
55 North Willow Street, 5th Floor
Trenton, NJ 08608
N.J. Admin. Code § 8:31B-3.66
Amended by R.1982 d.427, effective 12/6/1982.
See: 14 New Jersey Register 737(a), 14 New Jersey Register 1389(a).
Fee increased from $.50 to $ 1.00.
Amended by R.1983 d.597, effective 12/19/1983.
See: 15 New Jersey Register 1326(a), 15 New Jersey Register 2163(a).
$ 2.00 fee was $ 1.00.
Amended by R.1989 d.472, effective 9/5/1989.
See: 21 New Jersey Register 1606(a), 21 New Jersey Register 2787(a).
Fee changed from $ 2.00 to $ 5.00.
Amended by R.1995 d.507, effective 9/5/1995.
See: 27 New Jersey Register 2148(a), 27 New Jersey Register 3481(a).
Amended by R.2006 d.27, effective 1/17/2006.
See: 37 New Jersey Register 2165(a), 38 New Jersey Register 667(a).
Section was "Health planning fees"; in (a), increased charge from $ 5.00 to $ 10.00, added text to indicate that fees will be assessed on a calendar year basis, substituted "general" for "acute care", and added "specialty heart" preceding "hospitals"; added (c).Amended by 56 N.J.R. 1181(a), effective 7/1/2024