Chapter III: Evaluation, accreditation and analysis of hospital activity.

The grouping referred to in Article L. 6113-10 is subject to the provisions of Chapter II of Law No. 2011-525 of 17 May 2011 on simplifying and improving the quality of law, subject to the following provisions: 1° The chairman of the board of directors and the chief executive of the grouping are appointed by order of the ministers responsible for health, social security and solidarity. Its board of directors…

The grouping’s resources are made up of : 1° A contribution from the compulsory health insurance schemes, the amount of which is set each year by order of the ministers responsible for the budget, health and social security. The payment and distribution of the contribution between the schemes are carried out in accordance with conditions laid down by decree; 2° An endowment paid by the Caisse nationale de solidarité pour…

In order to obtain data on the costs of care within health care institutions, national cost studies are carried out each year on health care institutions in the categories mentioned in a to d of article L. 162-22-6 of the Social Security Code. These studies cover fields of activity defined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat. The performance of these studies is entrusted to a public body designated by decree…

Each year, on a proposal from the public entity mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 6113-11 and after consulting the national organisations most representative of health care organisations, the ministers responsible for health and social security draw up the list of health care organisations participating in the national cost studies for the following year. This list is drawn up as follows: 1° A call for applications is made…

An agreement is signed between the public entity mentioned in the last paragraph of article L. 6113-11 and each health care organisation on the list mentioned in article L. 6113-12. If a health care organisation refuses to sign this agreement, the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, after the organisation has been given the opportunity to present its observations, shall impose a financial penalty, the amount of which may…

The regulatory measures provided for in articles L. 6113-7 and L. 6113-8 shall be determined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat and, unless otherwise provided and insofar as is necessary, the procedures for applying the other provisions of this chapter.