N.Y. Public Health Law § 2995-b: Hospital report cards

§ 2995-b. Hospital report cards. 1. Collection. The department shall

collect the following hospital data for dissemination to inform consumer

decisionmaking via a statewide health information system:

(a) Utilization and performance information to promote quality

improvement activities which was collected and evaluated for appropriate

dissemination pursuant to subparagraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of

subdivision one of the former section twenty-eight hundred seven-n of

this chapter, as added by section sixty of chapter six hundred

thirty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-six;

(b) Statewide performance data comparing utilization and selected

performance measures to accepted norms and/or benchmarks developed by

recognized experts, which were developed pursuant to subparagraph (iii)

of paragraph (a) of subdivision one of the former section twenty-eight

hundred seven-n of this chapter, as added by section sixty of chapter

six hundred thirty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-six; and

(c) Other hospital data, if any, collected for public dissemination by

the state task force on health care quality improvement pursuant to the

former section twenty-eight hundred four-b of this chapter, as added by

section sixty-a of chapter six hundred thirty-nine of the laws of

nineteen hundred ninety-six.

2. Preparation of data and public review. The department shall

thereafter prepare and risk-adjust as appropriate the collected hospital

data for dissemination pursuant to the former subparagraph (iii) of

paragraph (c) of subdivision two of section twenty-eight hundred four-b

of this chapter, as added by section sixty-a of chapter six hundred

thirty-nine of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-six. The department

shall coordinate its efforts with programs of the national forum for

health care quality measurement and reporting (quality forum). The

department shall provide each hospital with a copy of the hospital data

to be disseminated concerning it. In a manner and time required by the

department, the hospital shall be provided with an opportunity to

correct factual inaccuracies, and to file a statement in a form

prescribed by the department concerning the data, which statement shall

be disseminated with such data.

3. Dissemination. The department shall thereafter disseminate the

collected hospital data, with corrections and statements, if any.

(a) Thereafter, the hospital data so disseminated shall be updated at

regular intervals to be determined by the department.

(b) All hospital data disseminated shall include the following

statement: "THE DATA COLLECTED BY THE DEPARTMENT IS ACCURATE TO THE BEST

OF THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE DEPARTMENT, BASED ON THE INFORMATION SUPPLIED BY

THE HOSPITAL WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THE DATA."

(c) If the department determines that any data to be disseminated

pursuant to this section is not useful for making quality

determinations, the department shall recommend to the legislature the

necessary statutory changes.