Colorado § 25-3-703 - Hospital report card - rules - exemption.

§ 25-3-703. Hospital report card - rules - exemption.

(1) (a) The executive director shall approve a Colorado hospital report card consisting of public disclosure of data assembled pursuant to this part 7. At a minimum, the data shall be made available on an internet website in a manner that allows consumers to conduct an interactive search that allows them to view and compare the information for specific hospitals. The website must include:

(I) Clinical outcomes measures from general and public hospitals licensed pursuant to section 25-1.5-103; and

(II) Such additional information as is determined necessary to ensure that the website enhances informed decision-making among consumers and health-care purchasers, which must include, at a minimum, appropriate guidance on how to use the data and an explanation of why the data may vary from hospital to hospital.

(b) When making a determination as to what data to report as required by subsection (1)(a) of this section, each executive director shall consider:

(I) Inclusion of data on all patients regardless of the payer source for Colorado hospitals and other information that may be required for either individual or group purchasers to assess the value of the product;

(II) Use of standardized clinical outcomes measures recognized by national organizations that establish standards to measure the performance of health-care providers;

(III) Data that is severity and acuity adjusted using statistical methods that show variation in reported outcomes, where applicable, and data that has passed standard edits;

(IV) Reporting the results with separate documents containing the technical specification and measures;

(V) Standardization in reporting; and

(VI) Disclosure of the methodology of reporting.

(2) Prior to the completion of the Colorado hospital report card, the executive director shall ensure that every hospital is allowed thirty days within which to examine the data and submit comments for consideration and inclusion in the final Colorado hospital report card.

(3) The state board of health shall promulgate rules that establish nursing-sensitive quality measures based upon a nationally recognized standard and revise the rules as necessary every three years to be included in the hospital report card. The nursing-sensitive quality measures must include at a minimum:

(a) Skill mix;

(b) The nursing hours per patient per day;

(c) Voluntary turnover;

(d) Patient falls prevalence rate;

(e) Patient falls with injury; and

(f) Recorded incidences of violence against staff and contracted staff.

(4) Hospitals with fewer than one hundred beds are exempt from the requirements of this section.

Source: L. 2006: Entire part added, p. 1579, § 1, effective August 7. L. 2022: (1) amended and (3) and (4) added, (HB 22-1401), ch. 178, pp. 1181, 1182, §§ 6, 7, effective May 18.