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Illinois Hospital Association Glossary of Terms and Concepts

Term
Admissions Average Daily Census

Definition
The number of patients, excluding newborns, accepted for inpatient service during the reporting period. The average number of people served on an inpatient basis on a single day during the reporting period; calculated by dividing the number of inpatient days by the number of days in the reporting period. Refers to the average number of days a patient stays at the facility. Amounts deemed uncollectible primarily because of a patient's unwillingness to pay as determined after collection efforts. The total number of infants born in the hospital during the reporting period. Births do not include infants transferred from other institutions, and are excluded from admission and discharge figures. Free or discounted care provided to patients who cannot pay, who are not eligible for public programs, and who meet certain financial critieria in accordance with hospital policy (e.g., income below a certain threshold of the federal poverty level). Charity care includes services for which hospitals neither received nor expected to receive payment because they had determined the patient's inability to pay. Hospitals controlled by not-for-profit religious organizations. A visit by a patient to an outpatient clinic or other outpatient unit for examination, diagnosis, and treatment. Does not include outpatient surgeries.

Average Length of Stay Bad Debt Births

Charity Care

Church Operated Clinic Visits

Communty Benefits

As defined by the Illinois Community Benefits Act, programs and services provided by hospitals that address community health needs and for which hospitals do not receive payment to cover their costs. All nonfederal, short-term general, and special hospitals whose facilities and services are available to the public. (Special hospitals include obstetrics and gynecology; eye, ear, nose, and throat; rehabilitation; orthopedic; and other individually described specialty services.) Short-term general and special children's hospitals are also considered to be community hospitals. Number of adult and pediatric inpatients discharged from the hospital during the reporting period including discharges from the routine and specialized areas of the hospital but excluding births and transfers between units. Fringe benefits and other non-payroll expenditures. Number of persons on the hospital payroll at the end of the reporting period who work at least 35 hours per week. Number of persons on the hospital payroll at the end of the reporting period who work less than 35 hours per week.

Community Hospital

Discharges

Employee Benefit Expense Employees, Full-Time

Employees, Part-Time

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Illinois Hospital Association Glossary of Terms and Concepts

Term
Employees, Total Expenses, Total

Definition
Number of persons on the hospital payroll at the end of the reporting period. Includes all expenses for the reporting period including payroll, non-payroll, bad debt, and all nonoperating expenses. Calculated by adding the number of full-time employees to one-half the number of part-time employees. Controlled by an agency of state, county, or city government. Revenue for services to patients at full established rates. Gross patient revenue from Medicaid. Gross patient revenue from Medicare. Gross patient revenue from government programs other than Medicare and Medicaid. Gross patient revenue from other non government sources.

Full-Time Equivalent

Government Owned Gross Patient Revenue Gross Revenue, Medicaid Gross Revenue, Medicare Gross Revenue, Other Government Gross Revenue, Other Non Government Gross Revenue, Self Pay Gross Revenue, Third-Party

Gross patient revenue from individuals not covered by medical insurance. Gross patient revenue from commercial insurance and self-administered plans, including Blue Cross plans, HMOs, and other managed care plans. The hospital portion of the facility. Excludes any nursing-home-type unit or facility. The number of adult and pediatric days of care, excluding newborn days of care, rendered during the entire reporting period. Investor owned, for-profit hospitals are those controlled on a for-profit basis by an individual, partnership, or profit-making corporation. The sum of payroll expenses and employee benefits. Refers to hospitals located in Metropolitan Statistical Areas with greater than one million people and includes the following counties: Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Jersey, Kane, Kendall, Lake, Macoupin, Madison, McHenry, Monroe, Saint Clair, and Will. A unit/facility owned or operated by the hospital that primarily offers skilled nursing, intermediate care, personal care, or sheltered/residential care to a majority of all admissions.

Hospital Unit

Inpatient Days

Investor Owned

Labor Expenses Large Urban

Long-Term Care

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Illinois Hospital Association Glossary of Terms and Concepts

Term
Medicaid

Definition
A state and federally funded program that pays for medical services to lowincome residents who meet certain requirements. A federally funded program that pays for medical services to residents over age 65 and the permanently disabled. The average proportion of staffed beds occupied by inpatients during the reporting period; calculated by dividing the number of staffed beds by the average daily census. This rate is an estimate since it is based on the number of staffed beds at the end of the reporting period and does not reflect changes in the number of staffed beds during the period. Net realizable amounts received from patient care services and other activities associated with the normal day-to-day operations of the facility. Hospitals that are nongovernment, nonprofit and are controlled by not-for-profit organizations. Refers to hospitals located in Metropolitan Statistical Areas with a total population less than 1,000,000 and includes the following counties: Boone, Champaign, Ford, Henry, Kankakee, Macon, Marshall, McLean, Menard, Mercer, Peoria, Piatt, Rock Island, Sangamon, Stark, Tazwell, Vermillon, Winnebago, and Woodford. A visit by a patient who is not lodged in the hospital while receiving medical, dental, or other services. Average number of outpatient visits per day of the reporting period. Calculated by dividing the number of outpatient visits by the number of days in the reporting period. All amounts paid to employees in the form of salaries and wages. Health care services provided to mothers and newborns from pregnancy through the first month of the infants life. A nurse who has graduated from an approved school of nursing and who is currently registered by the state. Refers to hospitals not located in a Metropolitan Statistical Area. Surgical services provided to patients who remain in the hospital overnight. Surgical services provided to patients who do not remain in the hospital overnight.

Medicare

Occupancy Rate

Operating Revenue, Total

Other Not for Profit Other Urban

Outpatient Visits

Outpatient Visits Per Day

Payroll Expenses Perinatal Care

Registered Nurse

Rural Surgeries, Inpatient Surgeries, Outpatient

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Illinois Hospital Association Glossary of Terms and Concepts

Term
Trauma Hospital

Definition
A facility to provide emergency and specialized intensive care to critically ill and injured patients. Includes the hospital operation and any nursing-home-type unit or facility. Care given for which payment is not received, or for which only a portion of the cost is reimbursed.

Total Facility Uncompensated Care

Prepared by: IHA COMPdata Informatics datarequest@ihastaff.org 12/2/2013