OAR 409-022-0035: Ambulatory Surgical Center Fees

(1) The Authority shall assess a fee pursuant to ORS 442.120 that shall not exceed the total cost of receiving, processing, analyzing and maintaining ambulatory surgical discharge data. (2) The fee shall not exceed $1.75 per discharge. (3) The fee shall be calculated by totaling the costs of receiving, processing, analyzing and maintaining the data in the previous two quarters and dividing the total by the number of records received to derive a per record fee. (4) The Authority shall invoice ambulatory surgical centers every six months based on the calculated per record fee and the number of records submitted. Fees assessed for January 1 through June 30 shall be invoiced no later than December 1 of the same year. Fees assessed for July 1 through December 31 shall be invoiced no later than June 1 of the subsequent year.