Section 15. Requirements of processed, verified data  


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  • Inpatient hospitals shall submit only processed, verified data from inpatient records. To be considered processed and verified, a complete filing of all records that are submitted by an inpatient hospital in aggregate per calendar year quarter must be free of error at a prescribed minimum rate. The prescribed minimum accuracy rate shall be 95% overall, with patient identifier separately calculated at 95%. The accuracy rate shall be calculated on only those fields designated in 12VAC5-217-20. Inpatient records containing invalid codes or blank fields for any of the data elements shall be designated as error records.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 32, Issue 08, eff. February 1, 2016.

Statutory Authority

§§ 32.1-12 and 32.1-276.6 of the Code of Virginia.