2014 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 71 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
71-9202 - Health Care Data Base Advisory Committee; Nebraska Health Care Data Base.

71-9202. Health Care Data Base Advisory Committee; Nebraska Health Care Data Base.

The Director of Insurance shall appoint the Health Care Data Base Advisory Committee to make recommendations regarding the creation and implementation of the Nebraska Health Care Data Base which shall provide a tool for objective analysis of health care costs and quality, promote transparency for health care consumers, and facilitate the reporting of health care and health quality data. The Nebraska Health Care Data Base shall be used to:

(1) Provide information to consumers and purchasers of health care;

(2) Determine the capacity and distribution of existing health care resources;

(3) Identify health care needs and inform health care policy;

(4) Evaluate the effectiveness of intervention programs on improving patient outcomes;

(5) Review costs among various treatment settings, providers, and approaches; and

(6) Improve the quality and affordability of patient health care and health care coverage.

Source

Laws 2014, LB76, § 2.
Effective Date: February 14, 2014