24-37-5: Facility fee reporting.

A hospital or health system that charges a facility fee shall report data related to the facility fee to the all-payer claims database established pursuant to the Health Information System Act [Chapter 24, Article 14A NMSA 1978]. The data shall include the following information for services provided by a hospital in inpatient settings and outpatient settings and in locations on the hospital's campus and off the hospital's campus during each of the three previous calendar years:

A. the number of times facility fees were charged to patients;

B. the total dollar amount of facility fees charged to patients;

C. the twenty-five most common billing codes for which a facility fee was charged and the total amount charged to patients for each of those codes;

D. the twenty-five billing codes with the highest average patient charges and the total amount charged to patients for each billing code; and

E. any other data required by the department of health to assess the prevalence and cost of facility fees in the state.