Jul 20 - HA Working Group Session

HAMIS Info

• HAMIS is a CIHI database with some BC customizations. It reports annually into CIHI - one of the key things it reports to is the billing rates.

  • MIS Team - manages and administers the HAMIS data.

  • captures revenues, expenditures for O&O.

• Overview of LTC data collected in the HAMIS database

  • organization-based reporting of financial and statistical data that reports on publicly funded services (HA O&O facilities only)

  • not an exhaustive list of LTC facilities in the province. Much of the data collected here is reported at a regional level and some LTC services reported in acute care facilities.

  • Allows for sector-based reporting: residential care sector and 3 sub-sectors (extended care hospital, nursing and personal LTC residential care, other residential care facilities

  • Expenditure Categories

    • compensation

    • supplies

    • traceable supplies

    • sundry

    • equipment expense, contracted-out expenses and building & grounds expenses

  • Service Activity Stats (i.e. visits, resident days, resident beds).

  • collects bed days but they are defined based on CIHI rules.

Key Discussions

• LTC will provide a list of certain facilities they would like to drill down on and Bart to send a list of statistical data.

• Once we have finalized the standardization piece, CGI will reach out to HAMIS team to confirm datasets.

• VIHA wanted to confirm that the new tool will have the ability to export a submission that translates into formulas (as long as kept in the same format that CHEFS can accept)

  • or download the form/template to excel

• Communication with the operators/LTC sector

  • training is important; the rollout will be done differently

  • kerri envisions a mapping process where we can map exactly what

• LTC team will provide a list of certain O&O facilities they would like to see the drilled down data on

• (Kerri/Bonnie)

• Bart to send a list of statistical data.

Bart K.

• Bonnie to send out full income statement data (excel) for HAs to confirm

Bonnie

HAs

• HAs should come to each working group session prepared with their feedback on the dataset.