Michigan § 333.9129 - Registration program for perinatal facilities as maternal care facility; appropriation; incentive payments.

(1) Subject to appropriation, the department shall establish and implement a program to register a perinatal facility as a level I, II, III, or IV maternal care facility. The department shall register a perinatal facility as a level I, II, III, or IV maternal care facility under the program if the facility demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that the facility holds a verification as a level I, II, III, or IV maternal care facility from the Joint Commission or an equivalent organization, as determined by the department. The department shall establish procedures for a perinatal facility to report a verification described in this subsection to the department.

(2) A perinatal facility seeking to register as a level I, II, III, or IV maternal care facility under the program shall report the verification described in subsection (1) to the department once every 3 years on a form and in a manner required by the department.

(3) The department shall publish and update on its website a list of each perinatal facility for which the department has registered under the program. The department shall update the list within 30 days after registering a perinatal facility under the program. The list must include the name of the perinatal facility and the facility's maternal level of care, as confirmed by the department under the program. The department shall not list a perinatal facility's name or maternal level of care on the department's website if the perinatal facility is not registered under the program.

(4) In developing procedures for reporting a verification described in subsection (1), the department shall consult with recognized entities that are involved in providing services in a perinatal facility, including the Michigan Perinatal Quality Collaborative, the Michigan Health and Hospital Association, the Michigan Council for Maternal Child and Health, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the American College of Nurse Midwives. The department shall enter into a partnership with the maternal levels of care verification program established by the Joint Commission and the maternal care obstetric care consensus established by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists for purposes of the program.

(5) The department may provide on-site technical assistance to a perinatal facility that is seeking a verification described in subsection (1) or to register under the program.

(6) Subject to appropriation, the department may provide an incentive payment to a perinatal facility that registers with the department under the program. The department shall consider all of the following criteria for the award of an incentive payment:

(a) Data collection and reporting at the perinatal facility.

(b) Patient volume at the perinatal facility.

(c) Practice guidelines at the perinatal facility.

(d) The perinatal facility's coordination with and the referral of a patient to and from another facility.

(e) The perinatal facility's implementation of safety bundles.

(7) As used in this section:

(a) "Perinatal facility" means a hospital licensed under article 17 that provides maternal care.

(b) "Program" means the program described in subsection (1).