Except as provided in subsection (2), the following information held by a health carrier offering a closed plan or a combination plan is confidential and may not be disclosed by the carrier to a person:
(a) information pertaining to the diagnosis, treatment, or health of a covered person, regardless of whether the information is in the form of paper, is preserved on microfilm, or is stored in computer-retrievable form;
(b) information considered by a quality assurance program and the records of its actions, including testimony of a member of a quality committee, of an officer, director, or other member of a health carrier or its staff engaged in assisting the quality committee or engaged in the health carrier’s quality assessment, quality improvement, or quality assurance activities, or of any person assisting or furnishing information to the quality committee.