Hospital and Ambulatory Surgical Facility Rules
The proposed amendments to rules in Subchapters 10A NCAC 13B Licensing of Hospitals and 10A NCAC 13C Licensing of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities are in response to enactment of Session Law 2015-241, HB97, s.12A.15(a), Health Care Cost Reduction and Transparency Act Revisions, which became effective on September 18, 2015. The intent of this Act is to improve transparency in the cost of health care provided by hospitals and ambulatory surgical facilities by disclosing the prices for the most frequently reported DRG's, CPT codes and HCPCs codes. Due to the revision of statute 131E-214.13 from the session law, reporting of the data is required annually. Temporary rules implementing these statute changes became effective 3/31/16. These proposed amendments will make the temporary rules permanent and will also require data to be submitted to the Department of Health and Human Services annually in a uniform manner so the public can obtain information on health care pricing and make better informed health care decisions.
- Notification of proposed amendment rules (PDF, 142 KB)
- Proposed Effective Date: January 31, 2017
- Public Comment Period: June 15, 2016 - August 15, 2016
Comments may be submitted by:- Email: [email protected];
- Public Hearing
- Date: August 10, 2016
- Time: 2:00 p.m.
- Location: Room 131, Wright Building, 1201 Umstead Drive, Raleigh, NC 27603.
- Mail: Nadine Pfeiffer, Division of Health Service Regulation, 2701 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-2701;
- Rule Fiscal Note
- No fiscal note was required by G.S. 150B-21.4
- Federal Certification required by G.S. 150B-19.1(g)
- Not applicable for this rule
- The notice of text as approved by the N.C. Medical Care Commission, 5/20/2016
- 10A NCAC 13B Licensing of Hospitals
- Proposed 10A NCAC 13B .2102 (PDF, 67 KB)
- 10A NCAC 13C Licensing of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities
- Proposed 10A NCAC 13C .0206 (PDF, 60 KB)
- 10A NCAC 13B Licensing of Hospitals
- Public Comments
- Minutes from the public hearing held on August 10, 2016 (PDF, 138 KB)
- Technical Changes
- 10A NCAC 13B .2102 (PDF, 67 KB)
- 10A NCAC 13C .0206 (PDF, 61 KB)
- These rules were approved by the Rules Review Commission on 12/15/2016.
- 10A NCAC 13B Licensing of Hospitals
- 10A NCAC 13B .2102 (PDF, 61 KB)
- 10A NCAC 13C Licensing of Ambulatory Surgical Facilities
- 10A NCAC 13C .0206 (PDF, 15 KB)
- 10A NCAC 13B Licensing of Hospitals
- Procedure for subjecting a proposed rule to Legislative Review: If an objection is not resolved prior to the adoption of the rule, a person may also submit written objections to the Rules Review Commission. If the Rules Review Commission receives written and signed objections in accordance with G.S. 150B-21.3(b2) from 10 or more persons clearly requesting review by the legislature and the Rules Review Commission approves the rule, the rule will become effective as provided in G.S. 150B-21.3(b1). The Commission will receive written objections until 5:00 p.m. on the day following the day the Commission approves the rule. The Commission will receive those objections by mail, delivery service, hand delivery, or facsimile transmission.