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11 Senator Peaden moved the following amendment:
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18 Section 10. Paragraph (l) is added to subsection (3)
19 of section 408.05, Florida Statutes, to read:
20 408.05 State Center for Health Statistics.--
21 (3) COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH INFORMATION SYSTEM.--In order
22 to produce comparable and uniform health information and
23 statistics, the agency shall perform the following functions:
24 (l) Develop, in conjunction with the State
25 Comprehensive Health Information System Advisory Council, and
26 implement a long-range plan for making available performance
27 outcome and financial data that will allow consumers to
28 compare health care services. The performance outcomes and
29 financial data the agency must make available shall include,
30 but is not limited to, pharmaceuticals, physicians, health
31 care facilities, and health plans and managed care entities.
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1 The agency shall submit the initial plan to the Governor, the
2 President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
3 Representatives by March 1, 2005, and shall update the plan
4 and report on the status of its implementation annually
5 thereafter. The agency shall also make the plan and status
6 report available to the public on its Internet website. As
7 part of the plan, the agency shall identify the process and
8 timeframes for implementation, any barriers to implementation,
9 and recommendations of changes in the law that may be enacted
10 by the Legislature to eliminate the barriers. As preliminary
11 elements of the plan, the agency shall:
12 1. Make available performance outcome and patient
13 charge data collected from health care facilities pursuant to
14 s. 408.061(1)(a) and (2). The agency shall determine which
15 conditions and procedures, performance outcomes, and patient
16 charge data to disclose based upon input from the council.
17 When determining which conditions and procedures are to be
18 disclosed, the council and the agency shall consider variation
19 in costs, variation in outcomes, and magnitude of variations
20 and other relevant information. When determining which
21 performance outcomes to disclose, the agency:
22 a. Shall consider such factors as volume of cases;
23 average patient charges; average length of stay; complication
24 rates; mortality rates; and infection rates, among others,
25 which shall be adjusted for case mix and severity, if
26 applicable.
27 b. May consider such additional measures that are
28 adopted by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Studies,
29 National Quality Forum, the Joint Commission on Accreditation
30 of Healthcare Organizations, the Agency for Healthcare
31 Research and Quality, or a similar national entity that
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1 establishes standards to measure the performance of health
2 care providers, or by other states.
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4 When determining which patient charge data to disclose, the
5 agency shall consider such measures as average charge, average
6 net revenue per adjusted patient day, average cost per
7 adjusted patient day, and average cost per admission, among
8 others.
9 2. Make available performance measures, benefit
10 design, and premium cost data from health plans licensed
11 pursuant to chapter 627 or chapter 641. The agency shall
12 determine which performance outcome and member and subscriber
13 cost data to disclose, based upon input from the council. When
14 determining which data to disclose, the agency shall consider
15 information that may be required by either individual or group
16 purchasers to assess the value of the product, which may
17 include membership satisfaction, quality of care, current
18 enrollment or membership, coverage areas, accreditation
19 status, premium costs, plan costs, premium increases, range of
20 benefits, copayments and deductibles, accuracy and speed of
21 claims payment, credentials of physicians, number of
22 providers, names of network providers, and hospitals in the
23 network. Health plans shall make available to the agency any
24 such data or information that is not currently reported to the
25 agency or the office.
26 3. Determine the method and format for public
27 disclosure of data reported pursuant to this paragraph. The
28 agency shall make its determination based upon input from the
29 Comprehensive Health Information System Advisory Council. At a
30 minimum, the data shall be made available on the agency's
31 Internet website in a manner that allows consumers to conduct
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1 an interactive search that allows them to view and compare the
2 information for specific providers. The website must include
3 such additional information as is determined necessary to
4 ensure that the website enhances informed decision making
5 among consumers and health care purchasers, which shall
6 include, at a minimum, appropriate guidance on how to use the
7 data and an explanation of why the data may vary from provider
8 to provider. The data specified in subparagraph 1. shall be
9 released no later than March 1, 2005. The data specified in
10 subparagraph 2. shall be released no later than March 1, 2006.
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