2007 Minnesota Statutes

62J.82 HOSPITAL INFORMATION REPORTING DISCLOSURE.
    Subdivision 1. Required information. The Minnesota Hospital Association shall develop
a Web-based system, available to the public free of charge, for reporting the following, for
Minnesota residents:
    (1) hospital-specific performance on the measures of care developed under section 256B.072
for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, and pneumonia;
    (2) by January 1, 2009, hospital-specific performance on the public reporting measures
for hospital-acquired infections as published by the National Quality Forum and collected by
the Minnesota Hospital Association and Stratis Health in collaboration with infection control
practitioners; and
    (3) charge information, including, but not limited to, number of discharges, average length of
stay, average charge, average charge per day, and median charge, for each of the 50 most common
inpatient diagnosis-related groups and the 25 most common outpatient surgical procedures as
specified by the Minnesota Hospital Association.
    Subd. 2. Web site. The Web site must provide information that compares hospital-specific
data to hospital statewide data. The Web site must be updated annually. The commissioner shall
provide a link to this reporting information on the department's Web site.
    Subd. 3. Enforcement. The commissioner shall provide a link to this information on the
department's Web site. If a hospital does not provide this information to the Minnesota Hospital
Association, the commissioner of health may require the hospital to do so in accordance with
section 144.55, subdivision 6.
History: 1Sp2005 c 4 art 8 s 2; 2007 c 147 art 14 s 1