| | | 3.__Scope of service data.__Each health care facility shall | | file with the organization scope of service information, | | including bed capacity by service provided, special services, | | ancillary services, physician profiles in the aggregate by | | clinical specialties, nursing services and such other scope of | | service information as the organization determines necessary for | | the performance of its duties. |
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| | | Sec. 14. 22 MRSA §8711, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 653, Pt. A, | | §2 and affected by §7, is amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Information on mandated services. The organization is | | authorized and directed to require providers of mammography | | services to furnish information with respect to those services | | for the purpose of assisting in the evaluation of the social and | | financial impact and the efficacy of the mandated benefit for | | screening mammograms under Title 24, section 2320-A and Title 24- | | A, sections 2745-A and 2837-A. The information that may be | | collected includes the location of mammography units, the | | purchase of new mammography units, the number of screening and | | diagnostic mammograms performed, the charge per mammogram and the | | method and amount of payment, and the number of cancers detected | by screening mammograms. To the extent practicable, the | organization shall collect information consistent with that | collected by the Maine Health Care Finance Commission in | cooperation with the Department of Human Services, Bureau of | Health for prior periods. |
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| | | This bill makes a number of technical corrections to the Maine | | Health Data Organization law and repeals language that is | | outdated. In addition, this bill increases the forfeiture level | | for noncompliant data providers that are not health care | | facilities, provides the Maine Health Data Organization with | | compliance monitoring authority, modifies the funding provisions | | and allows specific financial information to be designated | | confidential. |
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