Nevada § 439A.240 - Information concerning surgical centers for ambulatory patients: Establishment of program; information to be collected, maintained and provided through program

§ 439A.240. Information concerning surgical centers for ambulatory patients: Establishment of program; information to be collected, maintained and provided through program

1. The Department shall establish and maintain a program to increase public awareness

of health care information concerning the surgical centers for ambulatory patients

in this State. The program must be designed to assist consumers with comparing the quality of care

provided by the surgical centers for ambulatory patients in this State and the charges

for that care. 2. The program must include, without limitation, the collection, maintenance and provision

of information concerning: (a) The charges imposed on outpatients by each surgical center for ambulatory patients

in this State as reported in the forms submitted pursuant to NRS 439A.250 ; (b) The quality of care provided by each surgical center for ambulatory patients in

this State as determined by applying uniform measures of quality prescribed by the

Department pursuant to NRS 439A.250 ; (c) How consistently each surgical center for ambulatory patients follows recognized

practices to prevent the infection of patients, to speed the recovery of patients

and to avoid medical complications of patients; (d) For each surgical center for ambulatory patients, the total number of patients

discharged and the average billed charges, reported for 50 medical treatments for

outpatients that the Department determines are most useful for consumers; (e) To the extent that money is available for that purpose, for each surgical center

for ambulatory patients, the name of each physician who performed a surgical procedure

in the surgical center for ambulatory patients and the total number of surgical procedures

performed by the physician, reported by type of medical treatment, principal diagnosis

and, if the information is available, by principal surgical procedure and secondary

surgical procedure; and (f) Any other information relating to the charges imposed and the quality of the services

provided by the surgical centers for ambulatory patients in this State which the Department

determines is: (1) Useful to consumers; (2) Nationally recognized; and (3) Reported in a standard and reliable manner.