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Contact us at:
Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
Accounting & Reporting Systems Section
400 R Street, Suite 250
Sacramento, CA 95811-6213
E-mail ALIRTS
Support (916) 326-3854
Fax (916) 322-1442
ALIRTS User Guides, Forms and Instructions
Registration and Login Quick Reference Guide
The Registration and Login Quick Reference Guide is for facilities registering their facility to use ALIRTS for the first time.
ALIRTS User Guide
The ALIRTS User Guide has information on how to register with ALIRTS; setup additional report preparer user accounts; login and start a report; complete a new report; validate and submit the entire report; and revise a submitted report.
Go to Utilization Reporting Forms and Instructions for:
Hospitals |
Long-Term Care Facilities |
Primary Care |
Specialty Clinics |
Home Health & Hospice
Hospital Facilities Forms and Instructions
Hospitals are required to submit an Annual Utilization Report of Hospitals by February 15th each year for the prior calendar year. The reports contain descriptive information on discharges, patient days, surgery utilization, licensed level of emergency service and number of emergency rooms and visits. Also included are type of ownership, number of cardiac catheterizations, and reimbursement source for psychiatric and long-term care patients.
- 2008 | Reporting Forms.pdf 56kb, Instructions.pdf 211kb, Technical Bulletins/Letters
- 2007 | Reporting Forms.pdf 144kb, Instructions.pdf 634kb
- 2006 | Reporting Forms.pdf 69kb, Instructions.pdf 621kb
- 2005 | Reporting Forms.pdf 41kb, Instructions.pdf 209kb
- 2004 | Reporting Forms.pdf 333kb, Instructions.pdf 445kb
- 2003 | Reporting Forms.pdf 302kb, Instructions.pdf 430kb
- 2002 | Reporting Forms.pdf 245kb, Instructions.pdf 438kb
- 2001 | Reporting Forms.pdf 171kb, Instructions.pdf 205kb
Go to Utilization Reporting Forms and Instructions for:
Hospitals |
Long-Term Care Facilities |
Primary Care |
Specialty Clinics |
Home Health & Hospice
Long-Term Care Facilities Forms and Instructions
Long-Term Care (LTC) Facilities are required to submit an Annual Utilization Report of Long-term Care Facilities by February 15th each year for the prior calendar year. The reports contain descriptive information on: Discharges; Patient (census) days; type of Ownership and Payment source information.
- 2008 | Reporting Forms.pdf 42kb, Instructions.pdf 129kb
- 2007 | Reporting Forms.pdf 22kb, Instructions.pdf 513kb
- 2006 | Reporting Forms.pdf 28kb, Instructions.pdf 505kb
- 2005 | Reporting Forms.pdf 29kb, Instructions.pdf 132kb
- 2004 | Reporting Forms.pdf 268kb, Instructions.pdf 255kb
- 2003 | Reporting Forms.pdf 249kb, Instructions.pdf 248kb
- 2002 | Reporting Forms.pdf 246kb, Instructions.pdf 245kb
- 2001 | Reporting Forms.pdf 130kb, Instructions.pdf 159kb
Go to Utilization Reporting Forms and Instructions for:
Hospitals |
Long-Term Care Facilities |
Primary Care |
Specialty Clinics |
Home Health & Hospice
Primary Care & Specialty Clinics Forms and Instructions
Primary Care and Specialty Clinics are required to submit an Annual Utilization Report of Primary Care and Specialty Clinics by February 15th each year for the prior calendar year. The reports contain descriptive information on services and encounters, staffing, capital expenditures, changes, operating costs, and services offered. Also included are type of ownership and payment source information.
Primary Care Clinics Forms and Instructions
- 2008 | Reporting Forms.pdf 68kb, Instructions.pdf 285kb, Technical Bulletins/Letters
- 2007 | Reporting Forms.pdf 156kb, Instructions.pdf 725kb
- 2006 | Reporting Forms.pdf 40kb, Instructions.pdf 321kb
- 2005 | Reporting Forms.pdf 60kb, Instructions.pdf 253kb
- 2004 | Reporting Forms.pdf 436kb, Instructions.pdf 463kb
- 2003 | Reporting Forms.pdf 396kb, Instructions.pdf 454kb
- 2002 | Reporting Forms.pdf 197kb, Instructions.pdf 193kb
- 2001 | Reporting Forms.pdf 397kb, Instructions.pdf 180kb
Go to Utilization Reporting Forms and Instructions for:
Hospitals |
Long-Term Care Facilities |
Primary Care |
Specialty Clinics |
Home Health & Hospice
Specialty Clinics Forms and Instructions
- 2008 | Reporting Forms.pdf 39kb, Instructions.pdf 95kb
- 2007 | Reporting Forms.pdf 94kb, Instructions.pdf 433kb
- 2006 | Reporting Forms.pdf 25kb, Instructions.pdf 427kb
- 2005 | Reporting Forms.pdf 25kb, Instructions.pdf 98kb
- 2004 | Reporting Forms.pdf 248kb, Instructions.pdf 187kb
- 2003 | Reporting Forms.pdf 225kb, Instructions.pdf 187kb
- 2002 | Reporting Forms.pdf 224kb, Instructions.pdf 188kb
- 2001 | Reporting Forms.pdf 93kb, Instructions.pdf 140kb
Go to Utilization Reporting Forms and Instructions for:
Hospitals |
Long-Term Care Facilities |
Primary Care |
Specialty Clinics |
Home Health & Hospice
Home Health and Hospice Forms and Instructions
Home Health Agencies and Hospice are required to submit an Annual Utilization Report of Home Health Agencies and Hospices by March 15th each year for the prior calendar year. The reports contain descriptive information on Patients, Admissions, Visits, Services, Discharges, Primary reimbursement source and Principal diagnosis.
- 2008 | Reporting Forms.pdf 83kb, Instructions.pdf 161kb, Technical Bulletins/Letters
- 2007 | Reporting Forms.pdf 176kb, Instructions.pdf 562kb
- 2006 | Reporting Forms.pdf 57kb, Instructions.pdf 540kb
- 2005 | Reporting Forms.pdf 74kb, Instructions.pdf 157kb
- 2004 | Reporting Forms.pdf 514kb, Instructions.pdf 313kb
- 2003 | Reporting Forms.pdf 292kb, Instructions.pdf 313kb
- 2002 | Reporting Forms.pdf 463kb, Instructions.pdf 83kb
- 2001 | Reporting Forms.pdf 180kb, Instructions.pdf 157kb
Go to Utilization Reporting Forms and Instructions for:
Hospitals |
Long-Term Care Facilities |
Primary Care |
Specialty Clinics |
Home Health & Hospice
For information on the data products produced from the reports, please visit the Healthcare Information Resource Center.








