12VAC5-217-100. Late charge.
A late charge of $25 per working day shall be paid to the board by an inpatient hospital that does not submit, in aggregate, a complete filing of the patient level data required by 12VAC5-217-20 for all inpatients discharged in a calendar year quarter pursuant to the times established in 12VAC5-217-60. This requirement may be waived by the board if an inpatient hospital can show that an extenuating circumstance exists. Examples of an extenuating circumstance include, but are not limited to, the installation of a new computerized billing system, a bankruptcy proceeding, closure of the institution, change of ownership in the institution, or the institution is a new facility that has recently opened.
Statutory Authority
§§ 32.1-12 and 32.1-276.2 of the Code of Virginia.
Historical Notes
Former 12VAC25-40-100 derived from VR370-01-003 § 5.4, eff. April 1, 1994; amended and adopted as 12VAC5-217-100, Virginia Register Volume 13, Issue 22, eff. August 20, 1997.