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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>67668</law_id><section_number>32.1-276.7</section_number><catch_line>Methodology to review and measure the efficiency and productivity of health care providers</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>32.1-276.8</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="32.1">Health</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="7.2">Health Care Data Reporting</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Pursuant to the <span class="dictionary">contract</span> identified in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Agreements for certain data services" href="/32.1-276.4/">32.1-276.4</a>, and consistent with recommendations set forth in strategic plans submitted and approved pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Agreements for certain data services" href="/32.1-276.4/">32.1-276.4</a>, the <span class="dictionary">nonprofit organization</span> shall administer and modify, as appropriate, the methodology to review and measure the efficiency and productivity of <span class="dictionary">health care providers</span>. The methodology shall provide for, but not be limited to, comparisons of a <span class="dictionary">health care provider</span>&#x2019;s performance to national and regional data, where available, and may include different methodologies and reporting requirements for the assessment of the various types of <span class="dictionary">health care providers</span> which report to it. <span class="dictionary">Health care providers</span> shall submit the data necessary for implementation of the requirements of this section pursuant to regulations of the <span class="dictionary">Board</span>. Individual <span class="dictionary">health care provider</span> filings shall be open to public inspection once they have been received pursuant to the methodology adopted by the <span class="dictionary">Board</span> as required by this section. <a id="paragraph-245157" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-276.7/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The data reporting requirements of this section shall not apply to those <span class="dictionary">health care providers</span> enumerated in (iv) and (v) of the definition of <span class="dictionary">health care providers</span> set forth in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/32.1-276.3/">32.1-276.3</a> until a strategic plan submitted pursuant to &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Agreements for certain data services" href="/32.1-276.4/">32.1-276.4</a> is approved requiring such reporting and any implementing <span class="dictionary">laws</span> and regulations take effect. <a id="paragraph-245158" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/32.1-276.7/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1996, c. 902.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
