Besides the master data of a service, you also specify further master data pertaining to flat rates per case and procedures surcharges. These specifications include:

• Planned number of flat rates per case or procedures surcharges per year
• Maximum length of stay for the flat rate per case and maximum length of stay for intensive care when the service is performed by the main department
• Maximum length of stay for the flat rate per case and maximum length of stay for intensive care when the service is performed by an external physician
• Standard length of stay for the flat rate per case and standard length of stay for intensive care treatment performed by the main department
• Standard length of stay for the flat rate per case and standard length of stay for intensive care treatment performed by an external physician

The system uses this data when creating the flat rate per case statistics. Furthermore, when carrying out the charge check the system uses the maximum length of stay specifications to determine whether the maximum length of stay has been reached for a case or not.

You can maintain the information on the maximum and standard length of stay for a specific time interval. This enables you to document changes to the maximum and standard length of stays resulting from amendments to the Federal Regulation for Hospitals 1995 (BPflV 1995).

For flat rates and procedures surcharges, you can specify valuation relationships in the form of charge factors for personnel and materials (corresponding to attachments 1 and 2 of BPflV 1995). These charge factors are evaluated in the V2/V3 statistics where they are used to calculate the amount of the charge.