SB1272 - Missouri - SB1272 - Governs the treatment of quality of care data between health carriers and health care providers

SB 1272 - Under this act, a contract between a health carrier and a health care provider shall not require the provider to submit quality of care data to the health carrier as a condition of payment for medical services rendered, unless such data is included in the set of quality of care indicators selected by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for disclosure in comparative format to the public. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to limit the health carrier's ability to: (1) Abstract quality of care data from billing data submitted by the provider; or (2) Collect data necessary to comply with federal or state law or regulation or accreditation standards; or (3) Collect data from health care providers for whom the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has not implemented quality of care indicators for disclosure in comparative format. Under this act, any person who sells or distributes to the public quality of care data shall include [...]

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