What’s happening: On Jan. 31, the Office of Administrative Law approved the final adopted program regulations that standardize how hospitals must report their community benefit activities to the Department of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI). They went into effect immediately.
What else to know: The approved regulations specify the information hospitals are required to include in their community benefits plans and reports, the deadlines for submitting the required reports, and the method of submission. These regulations were also filed with the Secretary of State.
