M.S.A. § 144.701

Rate disclosure

The Commissioner of Health must ensure that total costs, total revenues, overall utilization, and total services for each hospital and outpatient surgical center are publicly reported in an easy to understand format.   The Commissioner must also compile relevant financial, accounting and utilization data on hospitals and outpatient surgical centers to have the statistical information available for legislative policy makers.

The Commissioner must obtain a current rate schedule from each hospital and outpatient surgical center, and any modifications must be submitted to the Commissioner. 

Each report that is required to be filed with the Commissioner of Health and not submitted to a voluntary, nonprofit reporting organization will be accompanied by a filing fee to be deposited in a revolving account.