Section 120.24. Hospital rate increase report.

 

(1)   Data sources. The hospital rate increase report shall be based on notarized copies of notices placed in newspapers and submitted to the department by hospitals.

(2)   Contents.

(a) The hospital rate increase report shall contain all of the following information:

1. For each hospital that publishes a notice as specified under s. DHS 120.09 (2) , the report shall list all of the following:

a. The name of the hospital and the city in which the hospital is located.

b. The date the increase will be effective.

c. The resulting annualized percentage increase.

d. The geographic area of analysis in which the hospital is located.

2. A list of hospitals that have closed since 1993.

(3)   Report dissemination. The department shall make the report available from the department's website at no charge.

(4)   Suggested use of report. Some suggestions for using the report are as follows:

(a) To understand changes in hospital rates.

(b) To compare rates across hospitals within and across state regions or statewide.

(c) To project expected costs of hospitalizations.

History: Cr. Register, December, 2000, No. 540 , eff. 1-1-01.