2007 California Welfare and Institutions Code Chapter 2.5. County Reporting Requirements

CA Codes (wic:16915-16916)

16915.  (a) Any county receiving an allocation pursuant to this part
shall, at a minimum, report to the department all indigent health
care program demographic, expenditure, and utilization data, in a
manner that will provide an unduplicated count of users, as follows:

   (1) The following patient demographic data:
   (A) Age.
   (B) Sex.
   (C) Ethnicity.
   (D) Family size.
   (E) Monthly income.
   (F) Source of income, according to the following categories:
   (i) Disability income.
   (ii) Employment.
   (iii) Retirement.
   (iv) General assistance.
   (v) Other.
   (G) Type of employment, according to the following categories:
   (i) Agriculture.
   (ii) Labor and production.
   (iii) Professional and technical.
   (iv) Service.
   (v) Nonemployed.
   (H) Payer source, according to the following categories:
   (i) Private insurance.
   (ii) County program.
   (iii) Self-pay.
   (iv) Other.
   (I) ZIP Code of residence.
   (2) Indigent health care expenditure data, including all of the
following:
   (A) Inpatient hospital services, according to the following
categories:
   (i) County hospital.
   (ii) Contract hospital.
   (iii) University teaching hospital.
   (iv) Other, noncontract hospital.
   (v) Diagnostic category, as defined by the International
Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification
(ICD-9-CM).
   (B) Outpatient services, according to the following categories:
   (i) Hospital outpatient.
   (ii) Freestanding community clinic.
   (iii) Primary care physician.
   (iv) Nonemergency services rendered in an emergency room
environment.
   (v) Type of service.
   (C) Emergency room services, according to the following
categories:
   (i) Emergency services.
   (ii) Emergency services which result in a hospital admission.
   (iii) Emergency services, which are rendered in a noncounty,
noncontract hospital and result in a transfer of the patient to a
county or contract hospital.
   (3) Indigent health care utilization data.
   (A) Inpatient hospital services, according to the following
categories:
   (i) County hospital days and discharges.
   (ii) Contract hospital days and discharges.
   (iii) University teaching hospital days and discharges.
   (iv) Other, noncontract hospital days and discharges.
   (B) Outpatient services, according to the following categories:
   (i) Hospital outpatient visits.
   (ii) Freestanding community clinic visits.
   (iii) Primary care physician visits.
   (iv) Visits to a hospital emergency room for nonemergency
services.
   (C) Emergency room services, according to the following
categories:
   (i) Visits for emergency services in a county hospital.
   (ii) Visits for emergency services in a contract hospital.
   (iii) Visits for emergency services in a noncounty, noncontract
hospital.
   (iv) Visits for emergency services which result in an admission in
a county hospital.
   (v) Visits for emergency services which result in an admission to
a contract hospital.
   (vi) Visits for emergency services which result in an admission to
a noncounty, noncontract hospital.
   (D) Visits for emergency services which are rendered in a
noncounty, noncontract hospital and result in a transfer of the
patient to a county or contract hospital.
   (4) Geographic location of rendered services.
   (A) Inpatient hospital services, according to the following
categories:
   (i) County hospital.
   (ii) Contract hospital.
   (iii) University teaching hospital.
   (iv) Other, noncontract hospital.
   (B) Outpatient services, according to the following categories:
   (i) Hospital outpatient.
   (ii) Freestanding community clinic.
   (iii) Primary care physician.
   (iv) Nonemergency services rendered in an emergency room
environment.
   (C) Emergency room services.
   (5) Expenditure and utilization data for persons with acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and AIDS-related complex.
   (A) Total number of patients.
   (B) Number of inpatient users.
   (C) Number of discharges.
   (D) Total inpatient days.
   (E) Total inpatient expenditures.
   (F) Number of outpatient users.
   (G) Number of outpatient visits.
   (H) Total outpatient expenditures.
   (I) Number of emergency room users.
   (J) Number of emergency room visits.
   (K) Total emergency room expenditures.
   (b) Counties shall report demographic, cost and utilization data
on indigent health care to the department as follows:
   (1) An actual annual report no later than 360 days after the last
day of the year to be reported.
   (2) Counties shall maintain all patient-specific data collected
through the medically indigent care reporting system for a period of
24 months after the last day of the fiscal year for which the data
was collected.
   (3) Reports shall be submitted on machine readable media, on 51/4
inch or 31/2 inch diskette, in the format specified by the
department.
   (c) Counties that are eligible to participate in the CMSP pursuant
to Section 16809 that do not operate a county hospital and that
elect to enter into a contract with the department to administer the
noncounty hospital portion of the Hospital Services Account, pursuant
to Section 16934.7, and the Physician Services Account, pursuant to
subdivision (c) of Section 16952, are not required to report indigent
health care program demographic, cost, and utilization data pursuant
to this section.
   (d) The department shall collect the data specified in subdivision
(a) for services paid for through the hospital contract-back and
physician services contract-back programs specified in Section
16934.7 and subdivision (c) of Section 16952.
   (e) The data specified in subparagraphs (D), (E), (F), and (G) of
paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) for services paid for with funds
specified under subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b)
of Section 16946 and funds administered pursuant to Article 3.5
(commencing with Section 16951) of Chapter 5 are not required to be
reported to the department pursuant to this section.



16916.  The department shall withhold payments to a county pursuant
to this part if the county fails to provide the reports and data
required by this chapter according to the schedule specified in
subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 16915.