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SB 660 Practitioner information.

Introduced by: John C. Watkins | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Practitioner information. Requires the collection, compilation and disclosure or availability of various information on licensed practicing physicians and health maintenance organizations in Virginia. This bill amends the various collection and reporting statutes to (i) require the Commissioner of Health to collect data relating to the quality and performance of medical services in health maintenance organizations, prepare an annual summary of complaints filed against health maintenance organizations, and disseminate such information to consumers, and allow the Commissioner to report a summary of data so collected to the patient level data system; (ii) authorize the Department of Health Professions to include in its reports and summaries information specially required by the Board of Medicine, and allow disclosure of such information to the public; (iii) require reporting of disciplinary actions and malpractice judgments and multiple malpractice settlements from health maintenance organizations to the Board of Medicine; and (iv) require the Board of Medicine to compile and release, upon request, specific information on physicians relating to education, practice demographics, disciplinary actions and malpractice suits or settlements.


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