| (a) An HCC must comply with Insurance Code §848.053,
including requirements relating to committee membership, charges,
fees, distributions, or other compensation assessed for services provided
by HCC participants, and to the sharing of the data among nonparticipating
physicians and health care providers.
(b) An HCC must establish and enforce procedures to
maintain the confidentiality of charge, fee, and payment data and
information between HCC participants and any individual or entity
outside of the HCC, including information to be transmitted to the
department.
(c) A participant in an HCC is prohibited from using
charge, fee, and payment data collected by the HCC in any negotiation
of charges, fees, or payments if the HCC is not a party to the negotiation.
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