Lawmakers gave final approval Feb. 7 to a bill intended to promote transparency in the cost and quality of health care services in Nebraska.<\/p>\n
LB76, introduced by Omaha Sen. Jeremy Nordquist, establishes a Health Care Data Base Advisory Committee tasked with making a series of recommendations to improve transparency in the state\u2019s health care system.<\/p>\n
Committee members will be appointed by the state Department of Insurance director and will include representatives of academia, the health care and insurance industries and consumer advocates.<\/p>\n
The committee will make recommendations regarding creation and implementation of the Nebraska Health Care Data Base. The database will be used to:
\n\u2022 provide information to consumers and purchasers of health care;
\n\u2022 determine the capacity and distribution of existing health care resources;
\n\u2022 identify health care needs and inform health care policy;
\n\u2022 evaluate the effectiveness of intervention programs on improving patient outcomes;
\n\u2022 review costs among various treatment settings, providers and approaches; and
\n\u2022 improve the quality and affordability of patient health care and health care coverage.<\/p>\n
The department director will report the advisory committee\u2019s recommendations to the governor and the Legislature by Dec. 15, 2014.<\/p>\n
LB76 passed 43-0 and takes effect immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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