2017 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 10 - Highways, Military, Juvenile Code, Human Services
Chapter 414 - Medical Assistance

PROVIDER ASSESSMENT

Note: Sections 1 to 3, 5 to 10 and 12 to 14, chapter 736, Oregon Laws 2003, provide:

Sec. 1. As used in sections 1 to 9, chapter 736, Oregon Laws 2003:

(1) "Charity care" means costs for providing inpatient or outpatient care services free of charge or at a reduced charge because of the indigence or lack of health insurance of the patient receiving the care services.

(2) "Contractual adjustments" means the difference between the amounts charged based on the hospital’s full established charges and the amount received or due from the payor.

(3)(a) "Hospital" means a hospital licensed under ORS chapter 441.

(b) "Hospital" does not include:

(A) Special inpatient care facilities;

(B) Hospitals that provide only psychiatric care;

(C) Pediatric specialty hospitals providing care to children at no charge; and

(D) Public hospitals other than hospitals created by health districts under ORS 440.315 to 440.410.

(4) "Net revenue":

(a) Means the total amount of charges for inpatient or outpatient care provided by the hospital to patients, less charity care, bad debts and contractual adjustments;

(b) Does not include revenue derived from sources other than inpatient or outpatient operations, including but not limited to interest and guest meals; and

(c) Does not include any revenue that is taken into account in computing a long term care facility assessment under sections 15 to 22, 24 and 29, chapter 736, Oregon Laws 2003.

(5) "Type A hospital" has the meaning given that term in ORS 442.470.

(6) "Type B hospital" has the meaning given that term in ORS 442.470. [2003 c.736 §1; 2009 c.792 §34; 2017 c.538 §26]

Note: Operation of the amendments to section 1, chapter 736, Oregon Laws 2003, by section 26, chapter 538, Oregon Laws