Joint Annual Reports (JAR)

TDH's Health Statistics Facilities unit collects data from a variety of licensed health facilities through annual reports known as Joint Annual Reports (JARs). Data collected include facility locations, services provided, patient origin by county, and financial indicators. The blank forms show the data requested by facility type.

General Inquiries:  Contact Trent Sansing 615-253-4702,  Trent.Sansing@tn.gov

T.C.A. 68-11-310(a)(2) clarifies reporting requirements for hospitals. 

Hospitals licensed in Tennessee shall within one hundred and fifty (150) days after the end of each individual hospital's fiscal year, submit to the Tennessee Department of Health a Joint Annual Report of the statistical particulars relative to their patients for the fiscal year.

If a hospital closes during the fiscal year, the owner of the hospital at the beginning of the fiscal year shall file a Joint Annual Report with the Tennessee Department of Health for the period of time that the hospital was owned or operated.

The Joint Annual Report shall be submitted within one hundred five (105) days after closure. If a hospital changes ownership during the fiscal year, the owner of the hospital at the beginning of the fiscal year shall either:

(A) File a joint annual report with the department of health within one hundred and five (105) days of the sale for the period of time that the hospital was owned or operated; or

(B) Provide a notarized statement to the department of health within one hundred five (105) days of the sale indicating that the required data for the period of time that the hospital was owned or operated has been provided to the purchaser who shall submit a report for the full year.