Source: Office of EMS/Trauma Systems UPDATED- NOVEMBER 2019 Page 1 of 13 Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Office of EMS/Trauma Systems (OEMS/TS) Fiscal Year 2019 Uncompensated Trauma Care Application DUE FEBRUARY 28, 2020 ELIGIBILITY PROVISIONS A DSHS-designated trauma facility in receipt of funding that fails to maintain its designation must return an amount as follows to the account by no later than 90 days after noncompliance is determined: (i). (ii). (iii). 1 to 60 days expired/suspended designation: 0% of the facility’s hospital allocation for the state biennium when the expiration/suspension occurred; 61 to 180 days expired/suspended designation: 25% of the facility’s hospital allocation for the state biennium when the expiration/suspension occurred plus a penalty of 10%; or greater than 180 days expired/suspended designation: 100% of the facility’s hospital allocation for the state biennium when the expiration/suspension occurred plus a penalty of 10% • An undesignated facility recognized as “in active pursuit of designation” If a trauma designation is not attained by an undesignated facility in active pursuit of designation on or before the second anniversary of the date the facility was recognized by the department, any funds received by the undesignated facility for unreimbursed trauma services must be returned to the state, plus a penalty of 10%, no later than 90 days after noncompliance is determined. • Prior to receiving any future disbursements from DSHS, a facility must have paid, in full, all outstanding balances owed to DSHS. APPLICATION INFORMATION PARTS A, B, & C Application must be received by email on or before FEBRUARY 28, 2020 All parts (Parts A, B, and C) of the application must be emailed as a single submission to: [email protected]. The file name(s) submitted must include the name of the facility for identification purposes (Example: Subject line – Happy Days Hospital). Confirmation of receipt will be sent within 24 – 48 hours. Please note confirmation receipt does not imply the submission has been reviewed. If you have not received a confirmation email within 24-48 hours, you may contact Indra Hernandez at the OEMS/TS for further instructions by phone: (512) 834-6669 or by email: [email protected].
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Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
Office of EMS/Trauma Systems (OEMS/TS)
Fiscal Year 2019Uncompensated Trauma Care Application
DUE FEBRUARY 28, 2020
ELIGIBILITY PROVISIONS
A DSHS-designated trauma facility in receipt of funding that fails to maintain its
designation must return an amount as follows to the account by no later than 90
days after noncompliance is determined:
(i).
(ii).
(iii).
1 to 60 days expired/suspended designation: 0% of the facility’s hospital
allocation for the state biennium when the expiration/suspension occurred;61 to 180 days expired/suspended designation: 25% of the facility’s hospital
allocation for the state biennium when the expiration/suspension occurred
plus a penalty of 10%; orgreater than 180 days expired/suspended designation: 100% of the facility’s
hospital allocation for the state biennium when the expiration/suspension
occurred plus a penalty of 10%
• An undesignated facility recognized as “in active pursuit of designation”
If a trauma designation is not attained by an undesignated facility in active pursuit of
designation on or before the second anniversary of the date the facility wasrecognized by the department, any funds received by the undesignated facility for
unreimbursed trauma services must be returned to the state, plus a penalty of 10%,
no later than 90 days after noncompliance is determined.
• Prior to receiving any future disbursements from DSHS, a facility must have paid, in
full, all outstanding balances owed to DSHS.
APPLICATION INFORMATION
PARTS A, B, & C
Application must be received by email on or before FEBRUARY 28, 2020
All parts (Parts A, B, and C) of the application must be emailed as a single submission
to: [email protected]. The file name(s) submitted must include the name of the
facility for identification purposes (Example: Subject line – Happy Days Hospital).
Confirmation of receipt will be sent within 24 – 48 hours. Please note confirmation receipt does
not imply the submission has been reviewed. If you have not received a confirmation email
within 24-48 hours, you may contact Indra Hernandez at the OEMS/TS for further instructions
Fiscal Year 2019Uncompensated Trauma Care Application
DUE FEBRUARY 28, 2020
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Facility
Charges
Uncompensated Trauma Care Charges for trauma patient discharges occurring in calendar year 2017 (sum of uncompensated trauma care
classified as charity care or bad debt according to the Hospital’s policy).
PatientRecords
Reported
The total number of patient accounts defined or identified as
uncompensated trauma care and used to calculate the facility’s total
uncompensated trauma care charges listed in Facility Charges
Example: Facility's trauma registry has 200 patient accounts. Of these accounts, 52 are uncompensated trauma care. The 52 accounts will be
reported and included in the total Facility Charges portion of the
application.
Collections Total collections received on uncompensated patient accounts
submitted in previous Uncompensated Trauma Care Applications from
2005 to 2018 AND not previously reported as collected.
Uncompensated Trauma Care - The sum of “bad debt” and “charity care” resulting
from trauma care after due diligence to collect. Contractual adjustments in
reimbursement for trauma services based upon an agreement with a payor (to include
but not limited to Medicaid, Medicare, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), Crime
Victims Account, etc.) are not uncompensated trauma care.
1. Bad debt-- The unreimbursed cost to a hospital providing health care
services on an inpatient or emergency department basis to a person who is
financially unable to pay, in whole or in part, for the services rendered and
whose account has been classified as bad debt based upon the hospital’s bad
debt policy. A hospital’s bad debt policy should be in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles.
2. Charity care-- The unreimbursed cost to a hospital providing health care
services on an inpatient or emergency department basis to a person classified
by the hospital as “financially indigent” or “medically indigent”.
Financially indigent-- An uninsured or underinsured person who is
accepted for care with no obligation or a discounted obligation to pay for
the services rendered based on the hospital’s eligibility system.
Medically indigent-- A person whose medical or hospital bills after
payment by third-party payors (to include but not limited to Medicaid,
Medicare, CHIP, etc.) exceed a specified percentage of the patient’s
annual gross income, determined in accordance with the hospital’s
eligibility system, and the person is financially unable to pay the
remaining bill.
PART B – AFFIDAVIT
This form must be completed and signed by all individuals listed to be eligible for funding. The application must be signed and sworn to, before a Texas Notary Public by the Chief ExecutiveOfficer, Chief Financial Officer, and the Chairman of the facility's board of directors.
Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
Office of EMS/Trauma Systems (OEMS/TS)
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PART C – SUPPORTING DATA SUBMISSION
Submit via email detailed data for patient accounts and claims in Part A – Application. The
Facility Charges and Patient Records Reported on Part A – Application must match the
information submitted in Part C – Supporting Data Submission.
DSHS will determine the facility’s uncompensated trauma care costs by utilizing the cost-to-
charge ratio provided by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) Rate
Analysis Section.
Cost-to-charge ratio – A Hospital's overall cost-to-charge ratio determined by HHSC from
the hospital’s Medicaid cost report. The hospital's latest available cost-to-charge ratio shall
be used to calculate its uncompensated trauma care costs.
If a facility does not have a Medicaid cost-to-charge ratio determined by the HHSC from the
hospital’s Medicaid cost report, the facility’s cost-to-charge ratio will be derived from an
average of the cost-to-charge ratios provided by qualified hospitals that year.
Please refer to the following Texas Health and Safety Codes for the statute that authorizes
uncompensated trauma care:
Texas Health & Safety Code; Title 9, Safety
Chapter 773. Emergency Medical Services
Chapter 780 Trauma Facilities and Emergency Medical Services
Please refer to the following Texas Administrative Codes that outline the Hospital Allocation
process:
Title 25, Part 1, Chapter 157.130, EMS and Trauma Care System Account
Title 25, Part 1, Chapter 157.131, Designated Trauma Facility and Emergency
Out of the 86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill (SB) 500 provided supplemental appropriations to the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) from the economic stabilization fund for increasing trauma capacity and improving related trauma response infrastructure under EMS and Trauma Care Systems. Of the amount appropriated, $15,000,000 may be used only to provide funding in accordance with Section 780.004, Health and Safety Code, to hospitals that demonstrate regional need and the ability to efficiently and effectively increase trauma capacity and improve related trauma response infrastructure. The Department of State Health Services shall allocate not more than 40 percent of the appropriated amount to provide funding to hospitals located in a region directly affected by Hurricane Harvey.
Pursuant to his powers as Governor of the State of Texas, Greg Abbott issued a proclamation stating that a state of disaster continues to exist in Texas as a result of catastrophic damage caused by Hurricane Harvey in the following counties: Angelina, Aransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cameron, Chambers, Colorado, Comal, DeWitt, Fayette, Fort Bend, Galveston, Goliad, Gonzales, Grimes, Guadalupe, Hardin, Harris, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kerr, Kleberg, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Liberty, Live Oak, Madison, Matagorda, Milam, Montgomery, Newton, Nueces, Orange, Polk, Refugio, Sabine, San Patricio, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Trinity, Tyler, Victoria, Walker, Waller, Washington, Wharton, Willacy, and Wilson.
To be considered eligible for these allocated funds for Harvey-affected areas, the facility submitting this application must be located in one of the counties identified by the proclamation issued by Governor of Texas.
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Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
Office of EMS/Trauma Systems (OEMS/TS)
Fiscal Year 2019Uncompensated Trauma Care Application
DUE FEBRUARY 28, 2020Senate Bill (SB) 500 Funds for Hospitals in Harvey-Affected Regions
Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Office of EMS/Trauma Systems (OEMS/TS)
Fiscal Year 2019 Uncompensated Trauma Care Application
DUE FEBRUARY 28, 2020
Senate Bill (SB) 500 Funds for Hospitals in Rural Counties Not Affected by Hurricane Harvey
Out of the 86th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill (SB) 500 provided supplemental appropriations to the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) from the economic stabilization fund for increasing trauma capacity and improving related trauma response infrastructure under EMS and Trauma Care Systems. Of the amount appropriated, $15,000,000 may be used only to provide funding in accordance with Section 780.004, Health and Safety Code, to hospitals that demonstrate regional need and the ability to efficiently and effectively increase trauma capacity and improve related trauma response infrastructure. The Department of State Health Services shall allocate not more than 20 percent of the appropriation remaining to provide funding to hospitals located in rural counties in Texas that were not affected by Hurricane Harvey.
Pursuant to definition described in Texas Administrative Code, Title 25, Part 1, Chapter 157, Sub-Chapter G, Rules 157.130 and 157.131, the Department of State Health Services, Office of EMS/Trauma Systems has deemed following counties as rural:
To be considered eligible for these funds for rural counties, the facility submitting this application must be located in one of the counties identified as rural by the Department of State Health Services.
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Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
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Fiscal Year 2019Uncompensated Trauma Care Application
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PART A – APPLICATION
For assistance with any part of this application, please contact Indra Hernandez
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PART C – SUPPORTING DATA SUBMISSION Uncompensated Trauma Care Charges (for discharges occurring in calendar year 2017),
INCLUSION CRITERIA: Trauma care – Care provided to patients who: (each checkbox below must be checked to include as eligible patient)
met the facility’s trauma team activation criteria and/or were entered into the
facility’s Trauma Registry.
underwent treatment specified in at least one of the following International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-10 CM) codes:
S00-S99 with 7th character modifiers of A, B, or C ONLY. (Injuriesto specific body parts – initial encounter)
T07 (unspecified multiple injuries) T14 (injury of unspecified body region) T20-T28 with 7th character modifier of A ONLY (burns by specific
body parts – initial encounter) T30-T32 (burn by TBSA percentages) T79.A1-T79.A9 with 7th character modifier of A ONLY (Traumatic
Compartment Syndrome – initial encounter) Excluding the following isolated injuryies:
o S00 (Superficial injuries of the head)o S10 (Superficial injuries of the neck)o S20 (Superficial injuries of the thorax)o S30 (Superficial injuries of the abdomen, pelvis, lower
back, and external genitals)
o S40 (Superficial injuries of shoulder and upper arm)o S50 (Superficial injuries of elbow and forearm)o S60 (Superficial injuries of wrist, hand, and fingers)o S70 (Superficial injuries of hip and thigh)o S80 (Superficial injuries of knee and lower leg)o S90 (Superficial injuries of ankle, foot, and toes)o Late effect codes, which are represented using the
same range of injury diagnosis codes but with the 7th
digit modifier code of D through S, are also excluded
MEETS at least one of the following criteria:
were transferred into or out of the hospital.
underwent an operative intervention (See definition below); were admitted as an inpatient for greater than 23-hours; died after receiving any emergency department evaluation or
treatment; or were dead on arrival to the facility leaves hospital against the advice of the doctor (AMA)
Operative intervention-- Any surgical procedure resulting from a patient being taken directly from
the emergency department to an operating suite regardless of whether the patient was admitted to the hospital.
Department of State Health Services (DSHS)
Office of EMS/Trauma Systems(OEMS/TS)
Fiscal Year 2019 Uncompensated Trauma Care Application
DUE FEBRUARY 28, 2020
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Guidance for completing form:
(Do not use medical records or Social Security Numbers in submission)
For Trauma Services (columns in blue)
• Unique Patient Identifier: (determined by facility)
• Pt in Trauma Registry: (Yes or No)
• Meets Facility Trauma Team Activation Criteria:
(Yes or No, e.g. Alert, Consult, Activation, Met but not activated)
• TRAUMA ICD-10 codes (Provide only codes that meet inclusion criteria)
• Transferred in or out: (Yes or No)
• Disposition from Emergency Department: (e.g. Admitted, ED to OR, Death, AMA,
Transfer)
• Admitted: (Yes or No)
• Admit Date: (Month / Date / Year)
• Admit Time: (Military Time)
• Discharge Date: (Month / Date / Year)
• Discharge Time: (Military Time)
For Finance (columns in green)
• Uncompensated charges (amount claimed in the Application): sum total of the
spreadsheet must be consistent with information entered into the application above.
• Original Amount Billed to Patient: total amount before payment made by third-party
payors (Medicaid, Medicare, CHIP, etc.) OR total amount before applying calculated