Md. Code, Health - General § 19-135
This is the official text of Md. Code, Health - General § 19-135, part of Maryland’s Code, Health - General — covers public health regulation.
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§19–135.
Official statutory text
(a) The Commission may implement a system to encourage health care practitioners to voluntarily control the costs of health care services.
(b) The Commission may require health care practitioners of selected health care specialties to cooperate with licensed operators of clinical resource management systems that allow health care practitioners to critically analyze their charges and utilization of services in comparison to their peers.
(c) If the Commission determines that clinical resource management systems are not available in the private sector, the Commission, in consultation with interested parties including payors, health care practitioners, and the Association of Maryland Hospitals and Health Systems, may develop a clinical resource management system.
(d) The Commission may adopt regulations to govern the licensing of clinical resource management systems to ensure the accuracy and confidentiality of information provided by the system.
(b) The Commission may require health care practitioners of selected health care specialties to cooperate with licensed operators of clinical resource management systems that allow health care practitioners to critically analyze their charges and utilization of services in comparison to their peers.
(c) If the Commission determines that clinical resource management systems are not available in the private sector, the Commission, in consultation with interested parties including payors, health care practitioners, and the Association of Maryland Hospitals and Health Systems, may develop a clinical resource management system.
(d) The Commission may adopt regulations to govern the licensing of clinical resource management systems to ensure the accuracy and confidentiality of information provided by the system.
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