Iowa Code 10A.729 – Contracts for assistance with analyses, studies, and data
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 10A.729
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Council: means the state health facilities council established by this part. See Iowa Code 10A.711
- Department: means the department of inspections, appeals, and licensing. See Iowa Code 10A.101
- Director: means the director of inspections, appeals, and licensing. See Iowa Code 10A.101
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
- Hospital: means hospital as defined in section 135B. See Iowa Code 10A.711
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
In furtherance of the department‘s responsibilities under sections 10A.726 and 10A.727, the director may contract with the Iowa hospital association and third-party payers, the Iowa health care facilities association and third-party payers, or leading age Iowa and third-party payers for the establishment of pilot programs dealing with prospective rate review in hospitals or health care facilities, or both. Such contract shall be subject to the approval of the executive council and shall provide for an equitable representation of health care providers, third-party payers, and health care consumers in the determination of criteria for rate review. No third-party payer shall be excluded from positive financial incentives based upon volume of gross patient revenues. No state or federal funds appropriated or available to the department shall be used for any such pilot program.