90-590 C.M.R. ch. 270, § 4 - Submission Requirements

A. File submission. With the exception of data submitted via NHSN, each hospitaland nursing facility or their agent shall file all applicable data sets by using the current version of the electronic forms provided by the MHDO at its website at .Data files must be submitted to the MHDO Hospital Data Portal via the secure web upload interface.E-mail attachments shall not be accepted.File naming conventions are specified in the Portal User Manual.

B. Filing Periods.Data generated in accordance with the provisions of Sections 2 and 3 shall be submitted no later than the date of the 15th of the 5th month following the end of each calendar quarter in which the service occurred.The filing periods are as follows:

1^st Quarter January, February, March August 15^th

2^nd Quarter April, May, June November 15^th

3^rd Quarter July, August, September February 15^th

4^th Quarter October, November, December May 15^th

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90-590 C.M.R. ch. 270, § 4