2014 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 71 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
71-9204 - Health Care Data Base Advisory Committee; duties; Director of Insurance; report.

71-9204. Health Care Data Base Advisory Committee; duties; Director of Insurance; report.

(1) The Health Care Data Base Advisory Committee shall make recommendations to the Director of Insurance regarding the Nebraska Health Care Data Base that:

(a) Include specific strategies to measure and collect data related to health care safety and quality, utilization, health outcomes, and cost;

(b) Focus on data elements that foster quality improvement and peer group comparisons;

(c) Facilitate value-based, cost-effective purchasing of health care services by public and private purchasers and consumers;

(d) Result in usable and comparable information that allows public and private health care purchasers, consumers, and data analysts to identify and compare health plans, health insurers, health care facilities, and health care providers regarding the provision of safe, cost-effective, high-quality health care services;

(e) Use and build upon existing data collection standards, reporting requirements, and methods to establish and maintain the data base in a cost-effective and efficient manner;

(f) Incorporate and utilize claims, eligibility, and other publicly available data to the extent it is the most cost-effective method of collecting data to minimize the cost and administrative burden on data sources;

(g) Include discussions regarding the standardization of the Nebraska Health Care Data Base with other states and regions and federal efforts concerning all-payer claims data bases;

(h) Include discussions regarding the integration of data collection requirements of the health insurance exchange as required by the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, as amended by the federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Public Law 111-152, and any amendments thereto or regulations or guidance issued under those acts;

(i) Include discussions regarding a limit on the number of times the Nebraska Health Care Data Base may require submission of the required data elements;

(j) Include discussions regarding a limit on the number of times the data base may change the required data elements for submission in a calendar year considering administrative costs, resources, and time required to fulfill the requests;

(k) Include discussions regarding compliance with the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191, as amended, and other proprietary information related to collection and release of data;

(l) Discuss issues surrounding the availability of the data for research and other purposes; and

(m) Include whether the advisory committee should continue to exist and provide recommendations to the Department of Insurance regarding the Nebraska Health Care Data Base after the report required in subsection (2) of this section is completed.

(2) On or before December 15, 2014, the Director of Insurance shall report to the Governor and the Legislature the recommendations of the advisory committee.

Source

Laws 2014, LB76, § 4.
Effective Date: February 14, 2014