Our agreements generally provide that hospitals will send all information required for billing and collections, specifically including anything that may be required in connection with AUC in the future, on a daily basis in a mutually agreeable electronic format.
All of our hospitals also provide HL7 orders and DICOM images, and we return HL7 results and annotated DICOM images where applicable. Our newer agreements generally spell this out, but we haven't sought to redo old evergreen agreements to get it added, and in some cases we have bigger controversies to deal with than getting this added at renewal.
We also send the hospitals image quality review, TAT and Peer Learning data, but I think only two of our agreements talk about that.
There is a trend towards very restrictive language around how data from the hospital can be used. We generally try to get a broad exception to use data for purposes of patient care and reimbursement.
There is usually also language about protecting shared data consistent with HIPAA standards.
Hope this helps.
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David Smith FACMPE
Executive Director
United Imaging Consultants
Mission KS
(785) 393-8387
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-10-2022 17:00
From: Janet Hoffman
Subject: Data Access Rights
I noticed my hospital contract contains no language specific to access to data such as results, workflow, image quality, and billing data access rights. We do have access to billing data but it is not specifically noted in the contract, which seems like an oversight.
I hope to learn about other group's experience negotiating expanded data access and if the data was useful operationally?
Thanks all.
Janet
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Janet Hoffman
Principal
Janet E. Hoffman, LLC
Vienna VA
571-295-4550
Original Message:
Sent: 02-10-2022 16:24
From: David Smith
Subject: Data Access Rights
Hi Janet
Can you elaborate a bit on what you mean by data access rights? Our PSA's generally have language related to what data is transmitted and how it can be used. Access to hospital systems is generally governed by hospital policies, but perhaps I'm missing something.
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David Smith FACMPE
Executive Director
United Imaging Consultants
Mission KS
(785) 393-8387
Original Message:
Sent: 02-10-2022 16:14
From: Janet Hoffman
Subject: Data Access Rights
Dear Forum,
I am wondering how many groups have been successful in negotiating data access rights in their hospital PSAs? Have you discussed data access rights during contract negotiations and if so, can you share your experience.
Thanks in advance for sharing.
Janet
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Janet Hoffman
Principal
Janet E. Hoffman, LLC
Vienna VA
571-295-4550
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