34-12E-11. Annual hospital report on charge information–Promulgation of rules.
Any hospital licensed pursuant to chapter 34-12 shall report annually to the South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations the charge information as described in §34-12E-13 for that hospital’s All Patient Refined Diagnosis-Related Groups for which that hospital had at least ten cases during the twelve months preceding the report. The Department of Health shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to provide for the reporting of the charge information by hospitals. The rules shall include:
(1)The method for hospitals to report charges; and
(2)Standards that provide for the validity and comparability of charge reports.
Source: SL 2005, ch 182, §1; SL 2008, ch 169, §1.