| (a) Development of data summary.
(1) The department shall compile a data summary for
each reporting facility. The data summary shall be made available
to the public on an Internet website in a format to be determined
by the department.
(2) The data summary shall be based on data submitted
by the facility and may include raw numbers for numerator and denominator,
rates, risk-adjustments, and state and national comparative data.
(3) Facilities that have failed to submit data or submitted
data in a format other than that specified by the department shall
be identified in the summary made available to the public.
(4) Data summaries based on data that the department
has determined to be inaccurate or incomplete which has not or cannot
be corrected by the facility in a timely fashion shall be included
in the data summary. Explanatory notes shall be included in the summary
to inform the public of the nature of the data deficiencies.
(5) Data displays shall be based on the best available
data at the time the summaries are completed.
(b) Facility comments.
(1) Prior to publication of the data summary for public
use, the department shall notify the facility contact by email of
the opportunity to submit comments for publication with the data summary.
(2) The facility contact shall submit comments using
the format determined by the department or indicate that the facility
does not wish to comment.
(3) The comments shall be 1,250 characters in length
or less.
(4) The department shall review facility comments to
assure that they are concise and pertain only to the facility and
the current data. The department may edit comments that are not concise
or do not pertain only to the facility and current data.
(5) Comments are due to the department on or before
October 30 of the same calendar year for summaries of data collected
January 1 through June 30 and on or before April 30 of the following
calendar year for summaries of data collected July 1 through December
31.
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