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Current as of January 01, 2023 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) The Oregon Health Authority shall establish a consortium of interested parties that shall:
(a) Develop, on a voluntary basis, standardized, quantitative performance measurements of managed health insurance organizations for use by health care consumers, purchasers and providers to continuously assess the quality of clinical and service-related aspects of health care arranged for or provided by managed health insurance organizations;
(b) Encourage managed health insurance organizations to collect, on a voluntary basis, the performance measurements specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection and share that information with the consortium;
(c) Develop, test, refine and produce one or more managed health care performance scorecards to provide consumers and purchasers with accurate, reliable and timely comparisons of managed health insurance organizations with respect to:
(A) Organizational characteristics;
(B) Clinical quality measurements;
(C) Service-related quality measurements; and
(D) Member and patient satisfaction; and
(d) Carry out the activities specified in this subsection with the objective of:
(A) Utilizing, to the greatest extent feasible and desirable, nationally developed quality assessment tools; and
(B) Minimizing duplicative quality assessment activities and associated administrative costs.
(2) The consortium established pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be comprised of representatives of:
(a) Health care consumers;
(b) Private-sector and public-sector health care purchasers;
(c) Managed health insurance organizations;
(d) Health care providers, including but not limited to physicians, nurses and hospitals;
(e) State agencies, including but not limited to the Department of Consumer and Business Services;
(f) Oregon institutions of higher education with relevant professional expertise; and
(g) Other groups or organizations as determined to be appropriate by the authority to ensure broad representation of interests and expertise.
(3) The authority shall:
(a) Provide staffing for the consortium; and
(b) Seek public and private funds to assist in the work of the consortium.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Oregon Revised Statutes Insurance § 743B.206 - last updated January 01, 2023 | https://codes.findlaw.com/or/title-56-insurance/or-rev-st-sect-743b-206/
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