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HB 2430 Health care services; safety and quality by physicians.

Introduced by: Phillip A. Hamilton | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Health care provider data services.  Requires the nonprofit organization (Virginia Health Information) with which the Commissioner of Health contracts for compiling, storing, and making available health care provider data to collect data on safety services and quality of health care services rendered by physicians.  The board of directors of the nonprofit organization must work with the Board of Medicine to determine the information to be collected and the costs thereof, and identify sufficient funding sources to appropriate to physicians for such data collection.  The bill includes a reenactment clause and will, therefore, not go into effect unless reenacted by the 2006 Session of the General Assembly.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Health care provider data services.  Requires the Commissioner to negotiate and contract with a nonprofit organization (Virginia Health Information) for compiling, storing, and making available to consumers data collected on physicians about safety and quality of health care. The nonprofit organization shall assist the Board of Health in developing a quality of care or performance information set for physicians, along with a mechanism to measure patient satisfaction, and in determining the process for collecting, compiling, and storing the information. The nonprofit organization shall assist the Commissioner in developing a centralized electronic clearinghouse for distributing quality of care, safety, and patient satisfaction information on health care providers to consumers.