C.R.S. Section 25-3-703
Hospital report card

  • rules
  • exemption

(1)

Intentionally left blank —Ed.

(a)

The executive director shall approve a Colorado hospital report card consisting of public disclosure of data assembled pursuant to this part 7. At a minimum, the data shall be made available on an internet website in a manner that allows consumers to conduct an interactive search that allows them to view and compare the information for specific hospitals. The website must include:

(I)

Clinical outcomes measures from general and public hospitals licensed pursuant to section 25-1.5-103; and

(II)

Such additional information as is determined necessary to ensure that the website enhances informed decision-making among consumers and health-care purchasers, which must include, at a minimum, appropriate guidance on how to use the data and an explanation of why the data may vary from hospital to hospital.

(b)

When making a determination as to what data to report as required by subsection (1)(a) of this section, each executive director shall consider:

(I)

Inclusion of data on all patients regardless of the payer source for Colorado hospitals and other information that may be required for either individual or group purchasers to assess the value of the product;

(II)

Use of standardized clinical outcomes measures recognized by national organizations that establish standards to measure the performance of health-care providers;

(III)

Data that is severity and acuity adjusted using statistical methods that show variation in reported outcomes, where applicable, and data that has passed standard edits;

(IV)

Reporting the results with separate documents containing the technical specification and measures;

(V)

Standardization in reporting; and

(VI)

Disclosure of the methodology of reporting.

(2)

Prior to the completion of the Colorado hospital report card, the executive director shall ensure that every hospital is allowed thirty days within which to examine the data and submit comments for consideration and inclusion in the final Colorado hospital report card.

(3)

The state board of health shall promulgate rules that establish nursing-sensitive quality measures based upon a nationally recognized standard and revise the rules as necessary every three years to be included in the hospital report card. The nursing-sensitive quality measures must include at a minimum:

(a)

Skill mix;

(b)

The nursing hours per patient per day;

(c)

Voluntary turnover;

(d)

Patient falls prevalence rate;

(e)

Patient falls with injury; and

(f)

Recorded incidences of violence against staff and contracted staff.

(4)

Hospitals with fewer than one hundred beds are exempt from the requirements of this section.

Source: Section 25-3-703 — Hospital report card - rules - exemption, https://leg.­colorado.­gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2023-title-25.­pdf (accessed Oct. 20, 2023).

25‑3‑100.5
Definitions 25‑3‑101
Hospitals - health facilities - licensed - definitions 25‑3‑102
License - application - issuance - certificate of compliance required - rules 25‑3‑102.1
Deemed status for certain facilities 25‑3‑102.5
Nursing facilities - consumer satisfaction survey - pilot survey 25‑3‑103
License denial or revocation - provisional license - rules 25‑3‑103.1
Health facilities general licensure cash fund 25‑3‑103.5
Nondiscrimination - hospital surgical privileges - hospital rules and regulations 25‑3‑103.7
Employment of physicians - when permissible - conditions - definitions - repeal 25‑3‑104
Reports 25‑3‑105
License - fee - rules - performance incentive system - penalty 25‑3‑106
Unincorporated associations 25‑3‑107
Disciplinary actions reported to Colorado medical board or podiatry board 25‑3‑108
Receivership 25‑3‑109
Quality management functions - confidentiality and immunity 25‑3‑110
Emergency contraception - definitions 25‑3‑111
Authentication of verbal orders - hospital policies or bylaws 25‑3‑113
Health-care facility stakeholder forum - creation - membership - duties 25‑3‑115
Stroke advisory board - creation - membership - duties - report - definition - repeal 25‑3‑116
Department recognition of national certification - suspension or revocation of recognition 25‑3‑117
Heart attack database - hospitals to report data on heart attack care 25‑3‑118
Hospital off-campus location - obtain and use unique NPI - definitions 25‑3‑119
Freestanding emergency departments - required notices - disclosures - rules - definitions 25‑3‑120
Regulation of surgical smoke - requirement to adopt a policy - definitions - applicability 25‑3‑121
Health-care facilities - emergency and nonemergency services - required disclosures - balance billing - deceptive trade practice - rules - definitions 25‑3‑122
Out-of-network facilities - emergency medical services - billing - payment - deceptive trade practice 25‑3‑123
Mental health facility pilot program - establishment - rules - definitions 25‑3‑124
Food donations to nonprofit organizations encouraged 25‑3‑125
Visitation rights - hospital patients - residents in nursing care facilities or assisted living residences - limitations - definitions - short title 25‑3‑126
Health facilities - requirements related to labor and childbirth - rules - definitions 25‑3‑127
Emergency room intake data - marijuana use - annual report 25‑3‑128
Hospitals - nurses, nurse aides, and EMS providers - staffing requirements - enforcement - waiver - rules - definitions 25‑3‑129
Office of saving people money on health care - study - report 25‑3‑130
Intimate examination of sedated or unconscious patient - informed consent required - rules - definitions 25‑3‑301
Establishment of public hospital 25‑3‑302
Board of trustees 25‑3‑303
Organization of trustees 25‑3‑304
Trustees - powers and duties 25‑3‑304.5
Hospital collaborative agreements - additional powers 25‑3‑305
Vacancies - removal for cause 25‑3‑306
Right of eminent domain 25‑3‑307
Building requirements 25‑3‑308
Improvements, operations, or enlargements 25‑3‑309
Hospital fees 25‑3‑310
Rules and regulations 25‑3‑311
Donations permitted 25‑3‑312
Training school for nurses 25‑3‑313
Lease of hospital 25‑3‑314
Charge for professional services 25‑3‑315
Records of hospital 25‑3‑401
Department to administer plan 25‑3‑403
Department to administer federal mental health construction funds 25‑3‑601
Definitions 25‑3‑602
Health facility reports - advisory committee - creation - duties 25‑3‑603
Department reports 25‑3‑604
Privacy 25‑3‑605
Confidentiality 25‑3‑606
Penalties 25‑3‑607
Regulatory oversight 25‑3‑701
Short title 25‑3‑703
Hospital report card - rules - exemption 25‑3‑704
Fees 25‑3‑705
Health-care charge transparency - hospital charge report - definitions
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Current through Fall 2024

§ 25-3-703’s source at colorado​.gov