General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 12C Center for Health Information and Analysis
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 12C, Section 1
As used in this chapter the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:-- "Accountable care organization'', or "ACO'', a provider...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Center for health information and analysis; executive director; term; removal - Chapter 12C, Section 2
There is hereby established a center for health information and analysis. There shall be in the center an executive director, who shall be the administrative...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Agents, officers and employees; appointment; powers and duties - Chapter 12C, Section 3
The executive director may appoint and remove, subject to appropriation, such agents and subordinate officers and employees as the executive director may consider necessary and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Salaries; personnel regulations - Chapter 12C, Section 4
The position of executive director shall be classified under section 45 of chapter 30 and the salary shall be determined under section 46C of said...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Adoption of rules and regulations - Chapter 12C, Section 5
The center shall adopt and amend rules and regulations, in accordance with chapter 30A, for the administration of its duties and powers and necessary to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Powers - Chapter 12C, Section 6
In addition to the powers conferred on state agencies, the center shall have the following powers: (1) to make, amend and repeal rules and regulations...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Payment by acute hospital, ambulatory surgical center or surcharge payor for estimated expenses of center - Chapter 12C, Section 7
Each acute hospital, ambulatory surgical center and surcharge payor shall pay to the commonwealth an amount for the estimated expenses of the center. The assessed...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Reporting requirements for institutional providers and their parent organization and other affiliates - Chapter 12C, Section 8
(a) The center shall promulgate such regulations as necessary to ensure the uniform reporting of revenues, charges, costs, prices, and utilization of health care services...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Reporting requirements for registered provider organizations - Chapter 12C, Section 9
(a) The center shall promulgate regulations to require that provider organizations registered under section 11 of chapter 6D report the data as it considers necessary...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Reporting requirements for private and public health care payers and third-party administrators - Chapter 12C, Section 10
(a) The center shall promulgate regulations necessary to ensure the uniform reporting of information from private and public health care payers, including third-party administrators, that...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Timely reporting of information required under Secs. 8, 9 and 10 - Chapter 12C, Section 11
The center shall ensure the timely reporting of information required under sections 8, 9 and 10. The center shall notify payers, providers and provider organizations...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Collection, storage and maintenance of data collected under Secs. 8, 9 and 10; payer and provider claims database; access to data - Chapter 12C, Section 12
(a) The center shall be the sole repository for health care data collected under sections 8, 9 and 10. The center shall collect, store and...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Uniform provider licensure reporting system - Chapter 12C, Section 13
The center shall coordinate with the public health council and the boards of registration for health care providers to develop a uniform and interoperable electronic...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Standard quality measure set - Chapter 12C, Section 14
(a) The center shall develop the uniform reporting of a standard set of health care quality measures for each health care provider facility, medical group,...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Betsy Lehman center for patient safety and medical error reduction; board; education and research program - Chapter 12C, Section 15
(a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: “Adverse event”, injury to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Annual report based on the information submitted under Secs. 8, 9 and 10; hearing - Chapter 12C, Section 16
(a) The center shall publish an annual report based on the information submitted under sections 8, 9 and 10 concerning health care provider, provider organization...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Attorney general review and analysis of information submitted under Secs. 8, 9 and 10 and under Sec. 8 of chapter 6D; authority to compel production of documents, answers to interrogatories and testimony - Chapter 12C, Section 17
The attorney general may review and analyze any information submitted to the center under sections 8, 9 and 10 and the health policy commission under...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Analysis of data received under Secs. 6, 9 and 10 to identify excessive increases in health status adjusted total medical expense - Chapter 12C, Section 18
The center shall perform ongoing analysis of data it receives under sections 6, 9 and 10 to identify any payers, providers or provider organizations whose...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Review and comment upon capital expenditure projects requiring determination of need under Sec. 25C of chapter 111 - Chapter 12C, Section 19
The center shall review and comment upon all capital expenditure projects requiring a determination of need under section 25C of chapter 111, including, but not...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Consumer health information website - Chapter 12C, Section 20
(a) The center, in consultation with commission, the executive office of health and human services, the department of public health and such other agencies or...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Continuing program of investigation and study of the uninsured and underinsured - Chapter 12C, Section 21
The center shall establish a continuing program of investigation and study of the uninsured and underinsured in the commonwealth, including the health insurance needs of...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Conditions for reimbursement or payment for treatment of injured workers under chapter 152 or from governmental unit; penalty for noncompliance - Chapter 12C, Section 22
(a) Any provider of health care services that receives reimbursement or payment for treatment of injured workers under chapter 152 and any provider of health...
Last modified: September 11, 2015