This part applies to workers' compensation insurers, self-insurers, group self-insurers, adjusters, and third-party administrators who act on behalf of an insurer, self-insurer, the assigned risk plan, and the Minnesota Insurance Guaranty Association.
The purpose of this part is to establish procedures and requirements for reporting medical and related data regarding treatment of work-related injuries. The data shall be provided in order for the department to monitor and evaluate medical services and supplies under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 176.
Data described in subpart 4 shall be collected and stored by the parties listed in subpart 1, beginning July 1, 1994, for all medical services and supplies provided to an employee under Minnesota Statutes, chapter 176, for ten years from the date of injury, or four years from the date the claim is closed, whichever is later.
The data in items A and B shall be collected and stored by the parties listed in subpart 1.
The data in subpart 4 shall be periodically sampled according to the sampling specifications prescribed by the research design for a study initiated by the commissioner under Minnesota Statutes, sections 175.17, 175.171, 176.103, and 176.1351. The samples shall be reported within 90 days of the request of the commissioner. The requested data shall be provided without charge to the department by a mutually agreeable standard of information exchange such as hard copy, computerized form, or electronic data interchange.
Minn. R. agency 151, ch. 5221, pt. 5221.0650
Statutory Authority: MS s 175.171; 176.101; 176.135; 176.136; 176.231; 176.83