The board shall implement the system as follows:
1. Phase I of the system shall be operational no later than July 1, 1996. For purposes of this chapter, "phase I" means the collection and submission of data including a patient identifier; a provider identification number; data elements included in the uniform billing-1992 form for hospitals; data elements included in the federal health care financing administration's 1500 form for physicians; an outpatient pharmacy code as determined by the board; data on all currently required discharges provided to the health data commission; and severity of illness and outcomes measurement, a measure of consumer health behavior, health status, and satisfaction with services provided as determined by the board.
2. Phase II of the system shall be operational no later than July 1, 1999. For purposes of this chapter, "phase II" means the collection and submission of data including clinical data sets; laboratory tests, X-ray results, and inpatient pharmacy codes; measures of functional outcomes; and provider activity records for both organized delivery systems and providers not participating in an organized delivery system. The board shall develop more complete definitions of these items and submit these definitions to the general assembly for enactment as a part of this chapter no later than January 1, 1999.
3. Phase III of the system shall be implemented only after implementation of phase I and phase II, and upon approval of the general assembly. For purposes of this chapter, "phase III" means the development of a totally automated patient records system including all data elements included in phase I and phase II, and other data elements as determined by the board.
4. The board shall submit a status report regarding the development of an electronic system for the transmission of payments related to claims submitted to the system to the general assembly no later than January 1, 1995.
94 Acts, ch 1033, §9
Referred to in § 144C.4
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