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I. The release of the health care data shall be subject to the same requirements as the release of the commercial claims data collected under RSA 420-G:11-a. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall amend the existing rules adopted pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to the release of commercial claims data to include the release of uninsured data.
II. The insurance commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of the department of health and human services, shall adopt rules under RSA 541-A, relative to the collection and submission of uninsured health care data. The insurance commissioner shall seek input on the data collection rules from an advisory group that includes representatives from provider organizations that are required to submit these data. The data collection rules shall require that the uninsured health care data be submitted to the insurance department and shall address:
(a) The description of the data to be submitted.
(b) The submission schedule for providing the data.
(c) The contents of the data, which shall reflect data elements typically submitted to a commercial carrier on a CMS-1500 or UB-04 claim forms or any successor forms.
(d) The filing format to be used.
(e) The specific data elements for submission.
(f) The description of the data codes and sources.
(g) Procedures for providing incomplete data.
(h) Procedures and criteria for encrypting the data and ensuring that the data do not contain direct personal identifiers.
III. The insurance commissioner shall ensure that the data collection rules adopted pursuant to this section under RSA 541-A provide licensed health care providers the following options for the submission of health care data for the uninsured:
(a) The submission of hospital discharge data by licensed health care providers under RSA 126:25, I(d) shall be deemed to satisfy the data submission requirements set forth in RSA 126:25, IV.
(b) Electronic data sets submitted by licensed providers of health care and licensed health care providers not subject to submission pursuant to the hospital discharge data set in RSA 126:25, I(d) may contain similar data elements as required under the hospital discharge data set in RSA 126:25, I(d), and RSA 126:25, IV. The insurance department shall allow flexibility in the actual electronic format of such data to minimize the burden and costs to licensed providers of health care and licensed health care providers choosing to submit data in this format.
Source. 2009, 307:3, eff. Jan. 1, 2010.
