La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § V-15117

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section V-15117 - Guide-Use of Data Processing Intermediaries

A. Third-party intermediaries may be utilized by hospitals for the delivery of data to the Office of Public Health. Intermediaries must be registered with OPH on registration forms provided by the Office. Additions and deletions to the intermediary's list of hospitals represented must be submitted at least 10 days prior to the submittal schedule reporting due date.

B. Hospitals shall notify the Office by January 1 of each year if they plan to submit the required data to the Office through a third-party intermediary that is registered with the Office. Hospitals selecting this option are responsible for ensuring that the submitted data conform to specifications contained in the Guide. These specifications include, but are not limited to, the format, timeliness, and quality criteria of completeness, validity and consistency outlined in the Guide. The third-party intermediary is responsible to the hospital for ensuring that the data are submitted to the Office in conformance with specifications contained in the Guide.

C. The following additional requirements and information apply to intermediaries delivering data to OPH:

1. Data may be delivered in any number of submittals (i.e., one per hospital, several hospitals combined, or all hospitals combined in one submittal), but the minimum unit of data submittal is all discharge records from one hospital per submittal time period.

2. Data may be submitted via any approved transfer media - declared at the time of registration.

3. Data may be submitted in any approved data format declared at the time of registration.

4. The intermediary must submit data for three or more hospitals.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § V-15117

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, LR 24:1938 (October 1998).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:1300.112(D).