DHS 120.23(4)(c)1.g. g. Services provided.

DHS 120.23(4)(c)1.h. h. Accreditation status.

DHS 120.23(4)(c)1.i. i. Date of last inspection by the department.

DHS 120.23(4)(c)1.j. j. Degree of compliance with medicare and medical assistance regulations.

DHS 120.23(4)(c)1.k. k. Evaluation by consumers.

DHS 120.23(4)(c)1.L. L. Membership in professional organizations.

DHS 120.23(4)(c)1.m. m. If applicable, performance measures such as complication rates, volume of procedures, patient satisfaction and last report of facility surveys of care delivered.

DHS 120.23(4)(c)1.n. n. Years of operation.

DHS 120.23(4)(c)1.o. o. Costs.

DHS 120.23(4)(c)1.p. p. Satisfaction of clients.

DHS 120.23(4)(c)1.q. q. Measures of financial strength.

DHS 120.23(4)(c)1.r. r. Affiliations with specific physicians, clinics or hospitals.

DHS 120.23(4)(c)2. 2. The department shall provide consumers with information regarding how to assess the information specified in subd. 1. and what additional questions consumers may want to ask the health care facility.

DHS 120.23 History History: Cr. Register, December, 2000, No. 540, eff. 1-1-01.

DHS 120.24 DHS 120.24 Hospital rate increase report.

DHS 120.24(1) (1) Data sources. The hospital rate increase report shall be based on notarized copies of notices placed in newspapers and submitted to the department by hospitals.

DHS 120.24(2) (2) Contents.

DHS 120.24(2)(a) (a) The hospital rate increase report shall contain all of the following information:

DHS 120.24(2)(a)1. 1. For each hospital that publishes a notice as specified under s. DHS 120.09 (2), the report shall list all of the following:

DHS 120.24(2)(a)1.a. a. The name of the hospital and the city in which the hospital is located.

DHS 120.24(2)(a)1.b. b. The date the increase will be effective.

DHS 120.24(2)(a)1.c. c. The resulting annualized percentage increase.

DHS 120.24(2)(a)1.d. d. The geographic area of analysis in which the hospital is located.

DHS 120.24(2)(a)2. 2. A list of hospitals that have closed since 1993.

DHS 120.24(3) (3) Report dissemination. The department shall make the report available from the department’s website at no charge.

DHS 120.24(4) (4) Suggested use of report. Some suggestions for using the report are as follows:

DHS 120.24(4)(a) (a) To understand changes in hospital rates.

DHS 120.24(4)(b) (b) To compare rates across hospitals within and across state regions or statewide.

DHS 120.24(4)(c) (c) To project expected costs of hospitalizations.