35 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 448.817a. Employment of health care practitioners: Health Care Facilities Act – Pennsylvania
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2003
A health care practitioner may practice the healing arts as an employee or independent contractor of a health care facility or health care provider or an affiliate of a health care facility or health care …
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35 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 449.10 – Pennsylvania
Status: Enacted
Providers that information collected by the PHC4 is for the benefit of the public and public officials, and that determinations on whether the information should be released under the states Right-to-Know Law should be made …
35 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 449.11 – Pennsylvania
Status: Enacted
Allows any Pennsylvanian agency “to study and report on the short-term and long-term fiscal and programmatic impact on the health care consumer of changes in ownership of hospitals from nonprofit to profit, whether through purchase, …
35 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 449.6 – Pennsylvania
Status: Enacted
Authorizes the PHC4 to collect data on provider quality and provider services under the Uniform Claims and Billing Form that the PHC4 maintains. The Council is required to collect, among other things, patient demographic information, …
35 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 449.7 – Pennsylvania
Status: Enacted
Requires that the PHC4 issue certain public reports (see here) using the data collected under § 449.6 (see above). The reports must contain information on provider quality and service effectiveness ranked against performance and cost …
35 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 449.9 – Pennsylvania
Status: Enacted
Creates a Mandated Benefits Review Panel to review mandated benefits proposals in the legislature to determine the fiscal, economic, and social impact of such initiatives based on data submitted by proponents and opponents of the …
35 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 7311. Trade secrets: Worker and Community Right-to-Know Act – Pennsylvania
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1984
Upon the request of a health professional who is not a treating physician or nurse, an employer, supplier, manufacturer or importer shall disclose information which is claimed as a trade secret under the same conditions …
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35 Pa. Cons. Stat. §§ 449.1-449.19 – Pennsylvania
Status: Enacted
The “Health Care Cost Containment Act,” implements a number of cost containment, transparency, and health care reform measures designed to study and increase consumer access to quality and affordable care. The Act was set to …
35 Pa. Cons. Stat. §§ 449.4-449.5 – Pennsylvania
Status: Enacted
Creates the Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4), an independent state agency charged with increasing access to health care and reducing costs. The Council is comprised of representatives from the business community, organized labor, …
35 Pa. Cons. Stat. §§ 67.101-67.3104 – Pennsylvania
Status: Enacted
The “Right to Know Law,” provides that public records, unless otherwise protected by law, shall be available for inspection and duplication by the public in accordance with the law. The Right to Know Law applies …
35 Pa. Stat. and Cons. Stat. Ann. §§ 251 through 256: Hospitals — Transfer to Incorporated Hospital Associations – Pennsylvania
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1923
Governs the transfer by lease or sale of State owned hospitals to incorporated hospital associations.
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35 Pa. Stat. and Cons. Stat. Ann. §§ 448.101 through 448.604, 448.901 through 448.904b: Health Care Facilities Act – Pennsylvania
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1979
Governs health care facilities including certificate of need requirements to ensure and foster a sound health care system which provides for quality care at appropriate health care facilities throughout the Commonwealth.
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35 Pa. Stat. and Cons. Stat. Ann. §§ 449.1 through 449.19: Health Care Cost Containment Act – Pennsylvania
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1986
Governs initiatives for cost containment of health care costs including the establishment of a Health Care Cost Containment Council, provisions regarding health care for the medically indigent, implementation of mandated health benefits, making data accumlated …
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35 Pa. Stat. and Cons. Stat. Ann. §§ 449.111 through 449.133: Pennsylvania Rural Health Redesign Center Authority – Pennsylvania
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2019
It is the purpose of this act to protect and promote access by the residents of this Commonwealth to high-quality health care in rural communities by encouraging innovation in health care delivery.
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35 Pa. Stat. and Cons. Stat. Ann. §§ 449.31 through 449.36: Health Care Practitioners Medicare Fee Control Act – Pennsylvania
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 1990
The General Assembly declares its policy to be that, in accordance with the provisions of this act, providers of health care services should not charge or collect from a beneficiary of health insurance under Medicare …
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35 Pa. Stat. and Cons. Stat. Ann. §§ 449.91 through 449.97: Preventable Serious Adverse Events Act – Pennsylvania
Status: Enacted Year Enacted: 2009
States that a health care provider may not knowingly seek payment from a health payor or patient:(1) for a preventable serious adverse event; or (2) for any services required to correct or treat the problem …
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