(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.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Title 19 - Health Care Facilities
Subtitle 2 - Health Services Cost Review Commission
Part II - Health Care Facility Rate Setting
Section 19-211 - Jurisdiction of Commission
Section 19-212 - Financial Status
Section 19-214 - Hospital Uncompensated Care and Disproportionate Share Hospital Payment
Section 19-214.1 - Financial Assistance Policy
Section 19-214.2 - Debt Collection Policy
Section 19-214.3 - Violations of 19-214.1 or 19-214.2
Section 19-215 - Uniform Accounting and Financial Reporting System
Section 19-216 - Required Reports of Facilities
Section 19-217 - Notification of Certain Financial Transactions, Contracts or Agreements Required
Section 19-218 - Additional Information
Section 19-219 - Review and Approval of Costs, Rates, Quality, and Efficiency; Investigations
Section 19-220 - Rate Review and Approval Procedures
Section 19-221 - Accounting Principles for Rate Determinations
Section 19-222 - Change of Rate Structures or Charges
Section 19-223 - Fee for Closed or Delicensed Hospitals
Section 19-224 - Report of Transactions With Nonprofit Facility by Trustee, Director, or Officer
Section 19-225 - Hearings and Investigations