12 Va. Admin. Code § 5-215-10
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
"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.
12 Va. Admin. Code § 5-215-10
Statutory Authority
§§ 32.1-12 and 32.1-276.2 et seq. of the Code of Virginia.