As used in this section and section 192.667, the following terms mean:

1. (1) "Charge data", information submitted by health care providers on current charges for leading procedures and diagnoses;
2. (2) "Charges by payor", information submitted by hospitals on amount billed to Medicare, Medicaid, other government sources and all nongovernment sources combined as one data element;
3. (3) "Department", the department of health and senior services;
4. (4) "Financial data", information submitted by hospitals drawn from financial statements which includes the balance sheet, income statement, charity care and bad debt and charges by payor, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
5. (5) "Health care provider", hospitals as defined in section 197.020, RSMo, and ambulatory surgical centers as defined in section 197.200, RSMo;
6. (6) "Patient abstract data", data submitted by hospitals which includes but is not limited to date of birth, sex, race, zip code, county of residence, admission date, discharge date, principal and other diagnoses, including external causes, principal and other procedures, procedure dates, total billed charges, disposition of the patient and expected source of payment with sources categorized according to Medicare, Medicaid, other government, workers' compensation, all commercial payors coded with a common code, self-pay, no charge and other.

(L. 1992 H.B. 1574 § 5 merged with S.B. 721 § 1 merged with S.B. 796 § 14)