Current with changes from the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 19-218 - Additional information(a) The Commission shall require each facility to give the Commission information that: (1) Concerns the total financial needs of the facility;(2) Concerns its current and expected resources to meet its total financial needs;(3) Includes the effect of any proposal made, under Subtitle 1 of this title, on comprehensive health planning; and(4) Includes physician information sufficient to identify practice patterns of individual physicians across all facilities.(b) The identities of individual physicians are confidential and are not discoverable or admissible in evidence in a civil or criminal proceeding, and may only be disclosed to the following: (1) The utilization review committee of a Maryland hospital;(2) The Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of the State of Maryland;(3) The State Board of Physicians;(4) The Office of Health Care Quality in the Department;(5) The Maryland Health Care Commission; or(6) An investigatory body under the State or federal government.