Inpatient Data Reporting Requirements

Texas Health Care Information Collection
Center for Health Statistics

H.B.2641, of the 84^th Texas Legislative Session amended Title 4, Civil Practice and Remedies Code to add:
Sec. 74A.002.  LIMITATION ON LIABILITY OF HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS RELATING TO HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGES. (a) Unless the health care provider acts with malice or gross negligence, a health care provider who provides patient information to a health information exchange is not liable for any damages, penalties, or other relief related to the obtainment, use, or disclosure of that information in violation of federal or state privacy laws by a health information exchange, another health care provider, or any other person.

THCIC Forms

• Contact Update Form Update facility/contact information with THCIC. (PDF Format, 202 KB)
• No Quarterly Data to Report Form, for notifying THCIC there were no claims for a specific reporting period. (PDF Format, 85 KB)

Who Must Report

All hospitals in the State of Texas are required to submit claims on all discharged inpatients.

• Current Facility Contact Information (Excel Format, 189 KB), with names and addresses, county, CEO, primary and alternate THCIC liaisons, reporting status, and facility type, as of  May 19, 2020. See the Texas Association of Counties website for a map (PDF Format, 3 MB) of hospital locations.  

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What To Report  

Hospitals are required to submit claims on all discharged inpatients attended or treated by physicians. Discharge data reports follow the national uniform billing data element specifications and additional state-required data elements. Required data elements are specified in the Hospital Discharge Data Rules. After data files are received by THCIC, they are reviewed to determine if they conform to data specifications. The data are then checked using editing criteria established by the agency.

Technical Specifications

Technical Specifications, the current specifications for reporting and correcting data. The manual is intended for the hospital's IT staff or software vendor that will create the electronic data submission. The Appendices include information that may be useful in the submission of inpatient data.

• THCIC Inpatient 5010 Technical Specifications Version 10, revised September 12, 2019 (PDF, 1.53 MB)
• 5010 Inpatient and Outpatient Appendices, Version 4 contains default codes, payer source codes, audit list, race/ethnicity documents, and other helpful information, updated September 12, 2019 (PDF, 956 KB)

Reporting Schedule

• Reporting Schedule includes dates for the reporting, correction and certification of hospital data through second quarter 2021.

Data Submission – Electronic

• Submitter and Provider Enrollment Guide, August 28, 2019 (PDF, 583 KB)
• Enrollment Form for a Submitter ID, needed for electronic file submission.
• Electronic File Submission - Testing and Production Status Information (PDF Format, 48 KB), updated December 30, 2014
• Submitting/Uploading Files, Training presentation on uploading electronic files into the THCIC system (PDF Format, 1.77 MB)

Data Submission - Manual Data Entry

• WebClaim, Training presentation for manual data entry via THCIC system (PDF Format, 5.07 MB)
• Inpatient Reports, Training presentation on downloading reports on data currently in the THCIC system (PDF Format, 2.06 MB)

Data Correction

Hospitals are notified of errors found in data files submitted to THCIC and are responsible for correcting the errors.

• WebCorrect, Training presentation for data correction via THCIC system (PDF Format, 5.43 MB)

Data Certification

Hospitals are required to certify each quarterly dataset as being complete and accurate.

• Inpatient WebCert, Training presentation for data certification for inpatient facilities via THCIC system (PDF Format, 6.88 MB)

HELP

• Contact the System13 Help Desk at 1-888-308-4953 or thcichelp@system13.com for help with electronic data submission problems, system login problems, changing a Submitter contact, or other help topics.  If there is no representative available to assist, a message may be left for a return call.
• Contact THCIC by e-mail at thcichelp@dshs.texas.gov for assistance with WebClaim, WebCorrect, and WebCert.
• Online training is available to Submitters and Providers.   The schedule is available here.

Additional Information

• Numbered Letters, a regular publication to keep all inpatient and outpatient facilities informed of the discharge data collection process.  (PDF Format)

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