HB1177 - Tennessee - Health, Dept. Of, Physicians And Surgeons

Companion Bill SB1655. Physicians and Surgeons - Enacts the "Health Care Consumer Right-to-Know Act of 2007." - Amends TCA Title 56; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for *HB1177 / SB1655(Corrected) Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase State Revenues - Not Significant Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB1177 / SB1655 This bill provides that when collecting information or compiling reports intended to compare individual health care providers, the department of health must require, among other things: (1) Provider organizations that are representative of the target group for profiling be meaningfully involved in the development of all aspects of the profile methodology; (2) The entire methodology for collecting and analyzing the data be disclosed to [...]

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