W. Va. Code R. § 65-34-6

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 35, August 30, 2024

Section 65-34-6 - Fees

6.1. The following fee structure has been established for certain types of reports and data in order to reasonably reimburse the Department for its costs in making copies of the reports available and in fulfilling custom requests:

6.1.1. Standard reports of financial and utilization statics: Paper copies are 50 cents per page; $10 per electronic file. Some reports may be retrieved electronically and free of charge from the Health Care Authority online archive at http://www.hcawv.org/vs5FileNet/.

6.1.2. Standard reports based upon hospital discharge uniform billing data: $50 per report. Some data may be retrieved electronically and free of charge using the Health IQ query tool at https://hca.gov/data/Pages/default.aspx; and from the AHRQ H-CUP query tool at https://hcupnet.ahrq.gov/#setup.

6.1.3. Custom reports based upon financial and utilization data or hospital uniform billing data sets: $50 per report. Additional fees may apply for excessive programming time.

6.1.4. Annual hospital discharge uniform billing data sets: Annual files are available for purchase from the AHRQ H-CUP central distributor at http://www.hcup-us.ahrq.gov/tech_assist/centdist.jsp.

6.1.5. Shipping: Additional shipping costs will be applied for costs above $1 or if signature confirmation of delivery is required by policy. No additional shipping cost will be incurred for certified mail delivery. Overnight delivery will be billed at the standard rate or charged to requestor's FedEx account.

6.1.6. Retrieval of paper reports from archival storage: $15 per box accessed to retrieve a document. This is the actual cost of document retrieval.

W. Va. Code R. § 65-34-6