131E-214. Title and purpose. (a) This Article is the Medical Care Data Act. (b) The General Assembly finds that, as a result of rising medical care costs and the concern expressed by medical care providers, medical care consumers, third-party payors, and health care planners involved with planning for the provision of medical care, there is […]
131E-214.1. Definitions. [Effective until January 1, 2023] The following definitions apply in this Article: (1) Division. – The Division of Health Service Regulation of the Department of Health and Human Services. (2) Freestanding ambulatory surgical facility. – A facility licensed under Part 4 of Article 6 of this Chapter. (3) Hospital. – A facility licensed […]
131E-214.2. Data submission required. Except as prohibited by federal law or regulation, each hospital and freestanding ambulatory surgical facility shall submit patient data to a statewide data processor within 60 calendar days after the close of each calendar quarter for patients that were discharged or died during that quarter. (1995, c. 517, s. 39(b).)
131E-214.3. Patient data not public records. (a) The following are not public records under Chapter 132 of the General Statutes: (1) Patient data furnished to and maintained by a statewide data processor pursuant to this Article. (2) Compilations of patient data prepared for release or dissemination by a statewide data processor pursuant to this Article. […]
131E-214.4. Statewide data processor. (a) A statewide data processor shall perform the following duties: (1) Make available annually to the Division, at no charge, a report that includes a comparison of the 35 most frequently reported charges of hospitals and freestanding ambulatory surgical facilities. The report is a public record and shall be made available […]
131E-214.5. Department’s duty to provide limited access to patient data. (a) The Department of Health and Human Services (Department) shall make available, at no charge and in a manner and format of its choosing, to any person or organization under contract with the Department to provide medical care quality improvement services, the minimum necessary data […]
