2014 North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 131E - Health Care Facilities and Services.
Article 11B - Transparency in Health Care Costs.
§ 131E-214.14 - 14. Disclosure of charity care policy and costs.

131E-214.14. Disclosure of charity care policy and costs.

(a) Requirements. - A hospital or ambulatory surgical facility required to file Schedule H, federal form 990, under the Code must provide the public access to its financial assistance policy and its annual financial assistance costs reported on its Schedule H, federal form 990. The information must be submitted annually to the Department in the time, manner, and format required by the Department. The Department must post the information on its internet Web site. The information must also be displayed in a conspicuous place in the organization's place of business.

(b) Definitions. - The following definitions apply in this section:

(1) Code. - Defined in G.S. 105-228.90.

(2) Financial assistance costs. - The information reported on Schedule H, federal form 990, related to the organization's financial assistance at cost and the amounts reported on that schedule related to the organization's bad debt expense and the estimated amount of the organization's bad debt expense attributable to patients eligible under the organization's financial assistance policy.

(3) Financial assistance policy. - A policy that meets the requirements of section 501(r) of the Code. (2013-382, s. 10.1.)