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Patient Safety in Missouri

        The state of Missouri has put great emphasis on patient safety.  Missouri law requires the reporting and collection of data related to hospital acquired infections (HAIs) in hospitals, surgical centers, or other health care facilities.1  All hospitals are required to have a multidisciplinary team that is responsible for implementing and monitoring the infection control program.  The infection control program must include ways of preventing, identifying and investigating healthcare associated infections, and establishing procedures for collecting data and reporting sentinel events.2  Missouri extends the HAI reporting requirement to laboratories within the state.  All laboratories must submit data on HAIs to the Department of Health and Senior Services.  Information submitted by labs is protected and must remain confidential.3

        Missouri law also contains provisions that require reporting to the Department of Health and Senior Services of incidents of abuse or neglect of patients in hospitals, nursing facilities or other long term care facilities.  The law makes it a misdemeanor for knowing failure to report the incidents.  Such reports must remain confidential.4  These requirements apply to reporting instances of abuse or neglect in home health agencies or in the provision of in-home services.5

        Missouri licensing laws require that the Department of Health and Senior Services has access to this information.  Failure to do so could lead to a facility’s license being revoked or suspension of state payments to the facility.6  Furthermore, the state of has the right to deny payment or recover payments made to the Medicaid participating hospitals or ambulatory surgical centers for treatments as a result of a serious adverse event.7

 

Footnotes

  • 1. V.A.M.S. 192.667; 19 CSR 10-33.050
  • 2. 19 CSR 30-20.116
  • 3. V.A.M.S. 192.131
  • 4. V.A.M.S. 198.070
  • 5. V.A.M.S. 660.300
  • 6. V.A.M.S. 197.160
  • 7. 15 CSR 70-15.200

 

Patient Safety in Missouri

Subtopic Statute/Regulation Description
Patient Safety Administration Standards for Ambulatory Surgical Centers - Mo. Code Regs. Ann. tit. 19, § 30-30.020 The state of Missouri has delineated operating requirements for ambulatory surgical centers.  Among them is the requirement that ambulatory...
Annual Reporting Requirements for Infection Control Practices to be Considered in Licensure Process - Mo. Rev. Stat. § 197.162 The Department of Health and Senior Services must take infection rates into account in its licensing procedures for hospitals and ambulatory surgical...
Infection Control in Hospitals - Mo. Code Regs. Ann. tit. 19, § 30-20.116 All hospitals are required to have a multidisciplinary team that is responsible for implementing and monitoring the infection control program. ...
Payment Policy for a Preventable Serious Adverse Event or Hospital or Ambulatory Surgical Center-Acquired Condition - Mo. Code Regs. Ann. tit. 15, § 70-15.200 The state of Missouri has the right to deny payment or recover payments made to Missouri Healthnet (Missouri Medicaid program) participating...
Reporting of Healthcare-Associated Infection Rates by Hospitals and Ambulatory Surgical Centers - Mo. Code Regs. Ann. tit. 19, § 10-33.050 The law specifies the types of hospital acquired infection data that hospitals are required to submit to the Department of Health and Senior Services...
Reporting Requirements for Healthcare Providers Regarding Financial Data and Submission of Data on Nonsocomial Infections - Mo. Rev. Stat. §192.667 The statute above requires all health care providers and hospitals to report specific information to the Department of Health and Senior Services (...
Requirements for Laboratory Submissions of Data on Healthcare Associated Infections (HAIs) - Mo. Rev. Stat. §192.131 All laboratories within the state must submit data on healthcare associated infections (HAIs) to the Department of Health and Senior Services. ...
Requirements for Reporting Abuse or Neglect of Residents of Hospitals, Home Health Agencies, and Long Term Care Facilities - Mo. Rev. Stat. §198.070 Any health care provider (in a hospital, home health agency, long term care facility, etc) who has cause to believe that a resident has been abused...