§ 131E-214.5 – Department's duty to provide limited access to patient data.
131E-214.5. Department’s duty to provide limited access to patient data. (a) The Department of Health and Human Services (Department) shall make available, at no charge and in a manner and format of its choosing, to any person or organization under contract with the Department to provide medical care quality improvement services, the minimum necessary data […]
§ 131E-214.11 – Title.
131E-214.11. Title. This article shall be known as the Health Care Cost Reduction and Transparency Act of 2013. (2013-382, s. 10.1.)
§ 131E-214.12 – Purpose; Department to publish price information.
131E-214.12. Purpose; Department to publish price information. (a) It is the intent of this Article to improve transparency in health care costs by providing information to the public on the costs of the most frequently reported diagnostic related groups (DRGs) for hospital inpatient care and the most common surgical procedures and imaging procedures provided in […]
§ 131E-205 – Adverse action on a license; appeal procedures.
131E-205. Adverse action on a license; appeal procedures. (a) The Department may suspend, revoke, cancel, or amend a license when there has been a substantial failure to comply with this Article or with rules and regulations adopted thereunder. (b) Chapter 150A of the General Statutes, the Administrative Procedure Act, shall govern all administrative action pursuant […]
§ 131E-206 – Injunction.
131E-206. Injunction. (a) Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy, the Department may maintain an action in the name of the State for injunctive relief or other process against any person to restrain or prevent the establishment, conduct, management, or operation of a hospice without a license. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. […]
§ 131E-207 – Confidentiality.
131E-207. Confidentiality. (a) Notwithstanding G.S. 8-53 or any other law relating to confidentiality of communications between physician and patient, in the course of an inspection conducted under G.S. 131E-204: (1) Department representatives may review any writing or other record concerning the admission, discharge, medication, treatment, medical condition, or history of any person who is or […]
§ 131E-190 – Enforcement and sanctions.
131E-190. Enforcement and sanctions. (a) Only those new institutional health services which are found by the Department to be needed as provided in this Article and granted certificates of need shall be offered or developed within the State. (b) No formal commitments made for financing, construction, or acquisition regarding the offering or development of a […]
§ 131E-191.1 – Lobbyists prohibited from serving on the North Carolina State Health Coordinating Council.
131E-191.1. Lobbyists prohibited from serving on the North Carolina State Health Coordinating Council. No person registered as a lobbyist under Chapter 120C of the General Statutes shall be appointed to or serve on the North Carolina State Health Coordinating Council. No person previously registered as a lobbyist under Chapter 120C of the General Statutes shall […]
§ 131E-200 – Title; purpose.
131E-200. Title; purpose. This Article shall be known as the "Hospice Licensure Act." The purpose of this Article is to establish licensing requirements for hospices. (1983 (Reg. Sess., 1984), c. 1022, s. 1; 1987, c. 34.)
§ 131E-201 – Definitions.
131E-201. Definitions. As used in this Article, unless a different meaning or construction is clearly required by the context: (1) "Commission" means the North Carolina Medical Care Commission. (2) "Department" means the Department of Health and Human Services. (3) "Hospice" means any coordinated program of home care with provision for inpatient care for terminally ill […]