allow hospitals to make changes to the data submitted during the
verification period. After the verification period, but within
45 days of receipt of the adjusted hospital data, the council
shall risk adjust the information and provide reports to the
patient safety committee of the relevant hospital.
(j) Availability of data.--Nothing in this chapter shall
prohibit a purchaser from obtaining from its health care
insurer, nor relieve the health care insurer from the obligation
of providing the purchaser, on terms consistent with past
practices, data previously provided or additional data not
currently provided to the purchaser by the health care insurer
pursuant to any existing or future arrangement, agreement or
understanding.
§ 3306. Data dissemination and publication.
(a) Public reports.--Subject to the restrictions on access
to council data set forth in section 3308 (relating to Right-to-
Know Law and access to council data) and utilizing the data
collected under section 3305 (relating to data submission and
collection), as well as other data, records and matters of
record available to it, the council shall prepare and issue
reports to the General Assembly and to the general public
according to the following provisions:
(1) The council shall, for every provider of both
inpatient and outpatient services within this Commonwealth
and within appropriate regions and subregions, prepare and
issue reports on provider quality and service effectiveness
on diseases or procedures that, when ranked by volume, cost,
payment and high variation in outcome, represent the best
opportunity to improve overall provider quality, improve
patient safety and provide opportunities for cost reduction.
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