Nevada § 439B.860 - Report concerning quality, efficiency and cost of health care based on data; publication of list of reports Department intends to publish in next calendar year

§ 439B.860. Report concerning quality, efficiency and cost of health care based on data; publication of list of reports Department intends to publish in next calendar year

1. The Department shall, at least annually, publish a report concerning the quality,

efficiency and cost of health care in this State based on the data in the all-payer

claims database, if the all-payer claims database is established pursuant to NRS 439B.835 . Such a report must be peer-reviewed by entities that submit data pursuant to NRS 439B.840 before the report is released. The Department shall submit the report to: (a) The Governor; (b) The Patient Protection Commission created by NRS 439.908 ; and (c) The Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the Joint Interim

Standing Committee on Health and Human Services and the next regular session of the

Legislature. 2. A report published pursuant to subsection 1 must, where feasible, separate data

by demographics, income, health status and the geography of, and the language spoken

by, patients to assist in the identification of variations in the efficiency and quality

of care. 3. Any comparison of cost among providers of health care or health care systems presented

in a report published pursuant to subsection 1 must account for differences in costs

attributable to populations served, severity of illness, subsidies for uninsured patients

and recipients of Medicaid and Medicare and expenses for educating providers of health

care, where applicable. 4. A report published pursuant to subsection 1 must not: (a) Contain proprietary financial information. Such a report may contain data concerning aggregate costs calculated using proprietary

financial information if the manner in which the data is displayed does not disclose

proprietary financial information. (b) Include in any comparison of the performance of providers of health care information

concerning a provider of health care who is a solo practitioner or practices in a

group of fewer than four providers. 5. A report published pursuant to subsection 1 must not contain information identified

as relating to a specific provider of health care, health facility or entity that

submits data pursuant to NRS 439B.840 unless the provider of health care, health facility or entity to which the information

pertains is allowed to view the report before publication, request corrections of

any errors in the information and comment on the reasonableness of the conclusions

of the report. 6. On or before October 31 of each year, the Department shall publish on an Internet

website maintained by the Department a list of reports the Department intends to publish

pursuant to this section during the next calendar year. The Department may solicit public comment concerning that list.