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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6D – Health Policy Commission | Midpage
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Massachusetts General Laws
Part I
Title II
Chapter 6D
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6D
Health Policy Commission
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Definitions
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Health policy commission; governing board; members; duties and powers; annual report
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Confidentiality of nonpublic clinical, financial, strategic or operational documents
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Board powers and duties
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Office for pharmaceutical policy and analysis
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Advisory council
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Monitoring of health care delivery and payment system
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Payment by acute hospital or ambulatory surgical center for estimated expenses of commission
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Administration of the Healthcare Payment Reform Fund; competitive process for development of health care payment and service delivery models; annual report
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Public hearings; witnesses; annual report
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Pharmaceutical drug pricing; manufacturer disclosure of pricing information; determination of supplemental rebate, proposed value or reasonableness of pricing of a drug
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Health care cost growth benchmark; modification
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Notice to health care entities exceeding health care cost growth benchmark; performance improvement plan; waiver; penalty for failure to comply
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Registration program for provider organizations; division of insurance risk certificate
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Negotiation of network contracts by unregistered provider or provider organization prohibited
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Notice of material changes to operations or governance structure of provider or provider organization; cost and market impact review
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Standards of certification for patient-centered medical homes; coordination of care; quality standards
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Certification as accountable care organization (ACO); standards
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Office of patient protection; powers and duties; external review system
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Annual report; audits
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Adoption of regulations to implement chapter 6D
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Pediatric behavioral health planning report
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Standard release form for exchange of confidential mental health and substance use disorder information
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Office for health resource planning; state health resource plan; assessments of health care resource supply, distribution and capacity
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Evaluation and reporting of the impact of various sections of the general laws on the effects of capping co-payments on health care costs