Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 34 No. 53, December 31, 2008 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

59B-9.035 Certification, Audits, and Resubmission Procedures.

(1) All ambulatory centers submitting data in compliance with Rules 59B-9.030 through 59B-9.039, F.A.C., shall certify that the data submitted for each quarter period is accurate, complete and verifiable using Certification Form for Ambulatory Patient Data AHCA Form APD1, dated 7/1/95 and incorporated by reference. The completed certification form shall be submitted to the Agency for Health Care Administration, 2727 Mahan Drive, MS #16, Tallahassee, Florida 32308, Attention: Florida Center for Health Information and Policy Analysis or by facsimile to the Agency’s office, or a scanned certification submitted by electronic mail.

(2) Beginning with the ambulatory data reporting for the 1st quarter of the year 2010, facilities not certified within five (5) calendar months following the last day of the reporting quarter shall be subject to penalties pursuant to Rule 59B-9.036, F.A.C. Extensions to this five (5) month period may be granted by the Agency Administrator, Office of Data Collection and Quality Assurance Unit or the Agency designee, for a maximum of 30 days following the certification due date in response to a written request signed by the facilities chief executive officer, ambulatory center director or authorized executive officer designee. A facility will not be penalized for delays caused by AHCA which is documented by the reporting facility to include on-line reporting system downtime or delays in receipt of reports from AHCA.

(3) Changes or corrections to certified data will be accepted from facilities to improve their data quality for a period of eighteen (18) months following the initial submission due date. The Administrator, Office of Data Collection and Quality Assurance or designee may grant approval for resubmitting previously certified data in response to a written request signed by the facility’s chief executive officer, Ambulatory Center director or authorized executive officer designee. The written request must specify the reason for the corrections or changes, explain the cause contributing to the inaccurate reporting, describe a corrective action plan to prevent future errors, the total number of records affected by quarters and years, the data type and the date that the replacement file will be submitted to the Agency. Any changes to a facility’s ~~hospital’s~~ data after this eighteen-month period shall be subject to penalties pursuant to Rule 59B-9.036, F.A.C. Resubmission of previously certified data must be certified within thirty (30) days following receipt of the data file from the facility.