Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 368dd - Office of Health Strategy
Section 19a-754h. - Payer reporting requirements. Publication of reports.

(a) Not later than August 15, 2022, and annually thereafter, each payer shall report to the executive director, in a form and manner prescribed by the executive director, for the preceding or prior years, if the executive director so requests based on material changes to data previously submitted, aggregated data, including aggregated self-funded data as applicable, necessary for the executive director to calculate total health care expenditures, primary care spending as a percentage of total medical expenses and net cost of private health insurance. Each payer shall also disclose, as requested by the executive director, payer data required for adjusting total medical expense calculations to reflect changes in the patient population.

(b) Not later than March 31, 2023, and annually thereafter, the executive director shall prepare and post on the office's Internet web site, a report concerning the total health care expenditures utilizing the total aggregate medical expenses reported by payers pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, including, but not limited to, a breakdown of such population-adjusted total medical expenses by payer and provider entities. The report may include, but shall not be limited to, information regarding the following:
(1) Trends in major service category spending;
(2) Primary care spending as a percentage of total medical expenses;
(3) The net cost of private health insurance by payer by market segment, including individual, small group, large group, self-insured, student and Medicare Advantage markets; and
(4) Any other factors the executive director deems relevant to providing context on such data, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following factors: (A) The impact of the rate of inflation and rate of medical inflation; (B) impacts, if any, on access to care; and (C) responses to public health crises or similar emergencies.
(c) The executive director shall annually submit a request to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the unadjusted total medical expenses of Connecticut residents.
(d) Not later than August 15, 2023, and annually thereafter, each payer or provider entity shall report to the executive director in a form and manner prescribed by the executive director, for the preceding year, and for prior years if the executive director so requests based on material changes to data previously submitted, on the health care quality benchmarks adopted pursuant to section 19a-754g.
(e) Not later than March 31, 2024, and annually thereafter, the executive director shall prepare and post on the office's Internet web site, a report concerning health care quality benchmarks reported by payers and provider entities pursuant to subsection (d) of this section.
(f) The executive director may enter into such contractual agreements as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this section, including, but not limited to, contractual agreements with actuarial, economic and other experts and consultants.
(P.A. 22-118, S. 220.)
History: P.A. 22-118 effective May 7, 2022.

Structure Connecticut General Statutes

Connecticut General Statutes

Title 19a - Public Health and Well-Being

Chapter 368dd - Office of Health Strategy

Section 19a-750 to 19a-754. - Health Information Technology Exchange of Connecticut; definitions; powers of the authority; board of directors; chief executive officer; grants; advisory committee on patient privacy and security; reports. Establishment...

Section 19a-754a. - Office of Health Strategy established.

Section 19a-754b. - Notices to office re sponsor applications to the Food and Drug Administration. Studies of pharmaceutical manufacturers and outpatient prescription drugs. Penalty. Regulations.

Section 19a-754c. - Covered Connecticut program. Waivers. Prior approval. Reports.

Section 19a-754d. - Collection of demographic data re ancestry or ethnic origin, ethnicity, race or primary language. Inclusion in electronic health record systems.

Section 19a-754e. - Health care expansion study. Report.

Section 19a-754f. - Definitions.

Section 19a-754g. - Development, publication and modification of health care cost growth benchmarks, primary care spending targets and health care quality benchmarks.

Section 19a-754h. - Payer reporting requirements. Publication of reports.

Section 19a-754i. - Meetings between payer or provider and executive director. Criteria for identification of entities exceeding health care cost growth benchmark.

Section 19a-754j. - Informational public hearings. Participation by significant contributors. Executive director's report.

Section 19a-754k. - Health care cost growth and quality benchmarks and primary care spending targets: Regulations.