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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
A. Health care facilities and third-party health care providers shall annually report to the department how the following funds are used:
(1) indigent care funds and safety net care pool funds pursuant to the Indigent Hospital and County Health Care Act; and
(2) funds raised to pay the cost of operating and maintaining county hospitals, pay contracting hospitals in accordance with health care facilities contracts or pay a county's transfer to the county-supported medicaid fund pursuant to the Hospital Funding Act.
B. A health care facility's or third-party health care provider's report to the department shall include:
(1) the number of indigent patients whose health care costs were paid directly from the funds described in Subsection A of this section and the total amount of funds expended for these health care costs; and
(2) as applicable, the health care facility's estimated annual amount and percentage of the health care facility's bad debt expense attributable to patients eligible under the health care facility's financial assistance policy and an explanation of the methodology used by the health care facility to estimate this amount and percentage.
C. A health care facility's or third-party health care provider's report shall be available to the public via a link from the homepage of the health care facility's or third-party health care provider's website.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Mexico Statutes Chapter 57. Trade Practices and Regulations § 57-32-8. Indigent care reporting requirements - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nm/chapter-57-trade-practices-and-regulations/nm-st-sect-57-32-8/
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