W. Va. Code R. § 65-26-10

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024
Section 65-26-10 - Notice to the Community

Contemporaneously with the filing of an application under the benchmarking system pursuant to this rule, the hospital shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the hospital is located a legal advertisement setting forth the fact that the hospital is applying to the Authority for a change or amendment to its schedule of rates. The legal advertisement shall state the requested amount of the rate increase or decrease based upon the hospital"s projected actual revenue limits per nongovernmental discharge and per nongovernmental outpatient visit and further state that any person desiring to inspect the application may do so at the hospital during the hospital"s regular business hours and also at the offices of the Authority. Also the legal advertisement shall advise the public that any person or entity who claims to be an interested party in the proceedings for the changing or amending of the schedule of rates shall file with the Authority a written notice setting forth the party's name, address and the facts relied upon to establish his or her interest. The legal advertisement shall inform the public that interested parties shall file this notice within thirty (30) days of the hospital"s filing of its application with the Authority or else the Authority shall, except for good cause shown, reject the interested party"s notice. The Authority shall then send notices of all proceedings and copies of all orders to those parties determined by the Authority to be interested or affected parties in the matter. The hospital shall submit proof of publication of the legal advertisement to the Authority within ten (10) days of the filing of the application.

W. Va. Code R. § 65-26-10