Section 536.006 - [Repealed Effective 4/1/2025] Transparency(a) The commission shall: (1) ensure transparency in the development and establishment of:(A) quality-based payment and reimbursement systems under Section 536.004 and Subchapters B, C, and D, including the development of outcome and process measures under Section 536.003; and(B) quality-based payment initiatives under Subchapter E, including the development of quality of care and cost-efficiency benchmarks under Section 536.204(a) and efficiency performance standards under Section 536.204(b);(2) develop guidelines establishing procedures for providing notice and information to, and receiving input from, managed care organizations, health care providers, including physicians and experts in the various medical specialty fields, and other stakeholders, as appropriate, for purposes of developing and establishing the quality-based payment and reimbursement systems and initiatives described under Subdivision (1);(3) in developing and establishing the quality-based payment and reimbursement systems and initiatives described under Subdivision (1), consider that as the performance of a managed care organization or physician or other health care provider improves with respect to an outcome or process measure, quality of care and cost-efficiency benchmark, or efficiency performance standard, as applicable, there will be a diminishing rate of improved performance over time; and(4) develop web-based capability to provide managed care organizations and health care providers with data on their clinical and utilization performance, including comparisons to peer organizations and providers located in this state and in the provider's respective region.(b) The web-based capability required by Subsection (a)(4) must support the requirements of the electronic health information exchange system under Sections 531.907 through 531.909.Tex. Gov't. Code § 536.006
Repealed by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 769,Sec. 3.01, eff. 4/1/2025.Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 946,Sec. 2.24, eff. 1/1/2016.Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 837,Sec. 3.24, eff. 1/1/2016.Amended by Acts 2013, Texas Acts of the 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1310,Sec. 4.10, eff. 9/1/2013.Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 7, Sec. 1.12(a), eff. 9/28/2011. See Acts 2013, Texas Acts of the 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1310, Sec. 7.01.