§ 26B-8-504 — Health care cost and reimbursement data.

Utah § 26B-8-504

• Jurisdiction: Utah
• Title 26B: Utah Health and Human Services Code
• Ch. 26B-8: Health Data, Vital Statistics, and Utah Medical Examiner
• Part 26B-8-5: Utah Health Data Authority

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(1) The department shall, as funding is available:
(1)(a) establish a plan for collecting data from data suppliers to determine measurements of cost and reimbursements for risk-adjusted episodes of health care;
(1)(b) share data regarding insurance claims and an individual's and small employer group's health risk factor and characteristics of insurance arrangements that affect claims and usage with the Insurance Department, only to the extent necessary for:
(1)(b)(i) risk adjusting; and
(1)(b)(ii) the review and analysis of health insurers' premiums and rate filings;
(1)(c) assist the Legislature and the public with awareness of, and the promotion of, transparency in the health care market by reporting on:
(1)(c)(i) geographic variances in medical care and costs as demonstrated by data available to the department; and
(1)(c)(ii) rate and price increases by health care providers:
(1)(c)(ii)(A) that exceed the Consumer Price Index - Medical as provided by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics;
(1)(c)(ii)(B) as calculated yearly from June to June; and
(1)(c)(ii)(C) as demonstrated by data available to the department;
(1)(d) provide on at least a monthly basis, enrollment data collected by the department to a not-for-profit, broad-based coalition of state health care insurers and health care providers that are involved in the standardized electronic exchange of health data as described in Section 31A-22-614.5, to the extent necessary:
(1)(d)(i) for the department or the Office of Inspector General of Medicaid Services to determine insurance enrollment of an individual for the purpose of determining Medicaid third party liability;
(1)(d)(ii) for an insurer that is a data supplier, to determine insurance enrollment of an individual for the purpose of coordination of health care benefits; and
(1)(d)(iii) for a health care provider, to determine insurance enrollment for a patient for the purpose of claims submission by the health care provider;
(1)(e) coordinate with the Trauma System and Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee to publish data regarding air ambulance charges under Section 26B-4-106; and
(1)(f) share data collected under this part with the state auditor for use in the health care price transparency tool described in Section 67-3-11.
(2) A data supplier is not liable for a breach of or unlawful disclosure of the data caused by an entity that obtains data in accordance with Subsection (1).
(3) The plan adopted under Subsection (1) shall include:
(3)(a) the type of data that will be collected;
(3)(b) how the data will be evaluated;
(3)(c) how the data will be used;
(3)(d) the extent to which, and how the data will be protected; and
(3)(e) who will have access to the data.

Legislative History

Amended by Chapter 250, 2024 General Session; Amended by Chapter 277, 2024 General Session