The trauma care advisory council shall be responsible for the development of recommendations to the executive director for payment of any available trauma system funds based on the following principles:

(1) Designated trauma centers of all levels and comprehensive regional pediatric centers shall be recommended to receive a grant or payment based upon the documented costs associated with maintaining required standards for designation;
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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-59-104

  • Advisory council: means the Tennessee trauma care advisory council, formerly known as the trauma task force. See Tennessee Code 68-59-102
  • Executive director: means the executive director of the health facilities commission. See Tennessee Code 68-59-102
  • Trauma center: means any Level I, Level II, Level III or Level IV institution licensed by the commission pursuant to chapter 11, part 2 of this title. See Tennessee Code 68-59-102
  • Trauma service codes: means a subset of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes, or the most relevant versions of the International Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) required by the centers for medicare and medicaid services, for coding hospital discharges designated as trauma service codes by the American College of Surgeons committee on trauma. See Tennessee Code 68-59-102
  • Trauma system: means :
    (A) All designated Level I, II, III, IV trauma centers. See Tennessee Code 68-59-102
  • Uncompensated care: means either:
    (A) Care provided by a facility defined as part of the trauma system to a trauma patient who:
    (i) Has no medical insurance, including Medicare Part B coverage. See Tennessee Code 68-59-102
(2) Uncompensated care costs associated with trauma patients and the trauma service codes shall be the basis for recommended payments made to designated trauma centers and comprehensive regional pediatric centers and to other acute care hospitals functioning as a part of the trauma system;
(3) Payments related to uncompensated care costs shall be made on a proportional basis related to actual patient volume and losses incurred; and
(4) The readiness costs associated with a documented risk of achieving or losing designation as a designated trauma center of any level shall be recommended if determined appropriate by the advisory council.
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