S.C. Code Regs. 19-1020 - Medical Record Extract Information

A. Ambulatory encounter level data for all outpatients shall be coded in accordance with, but not limited to, the specifications promulgated Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services for the United States of America in accordance with the authority to designate health care codes and transactions under the Health Insurance Accountability and Portability Law of 1996 (HIPAA), as well as under the specifications of the Director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and as specified in Medically Indigent Assistance Act for the State of South Carolina.
B. Data elements to be reported will be specified by the Data Oversight Council through Principles and Protocol for the Release of Health Care Data. ThePrinciples and Protocol for the Release of Health Care Data's process for identifying data elements to be reported will include means for review and input by interested parties taking into consideration all applicable federal and state laws and regulations. The Data Oversight Council will rely, to the extent possible, on data elements currently being reported among health care entities.
C. Ambulatory encounter level data for all outpatients shall be submitted directly to the Office of Research and Statistics and provided to health care providers one hundred twenty days prior to implementation of that format.

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S.C. Code Regs. 19-1020
Added by State Register Volume 19, Issue No. 7, eff July 28, 1995; Amended by State Register Volume 22, Issue No. 6, Part 3, eff July 26, 1998; State Register Volume 29, Issue No. 6, eff June 24, 2005.

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