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4650.0117 BAD DEBT REPORTING.

In determining whether to classify care as a bad debt expense, a facility must:

A.

presume that a patient is able and willing to pay until and unless the facility has reason to consider the care as a charity care case under its charity care policy and the facility classifies the care as a charity care case; and

B.

include as a bad debt expense any unpaid deductibles, coinsurance, copayments, noncovered services, and other unpaid patient responsibilities.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 62J.321; 144.56; 144.703

History:

26 SR 627

Published Electronically:

January 19, 2005

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