Bill Text: IN SB0174 | 2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Defines "accountable care organization".
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-03-28 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health [SB0174 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2011-SB0174-Amended.html
Citations Affected: IC 25-22.5; IC 34-6; IC 34-18; IC 34-30.
Synopsis: Defines "accountable care organization". Exempts
accountable care organizations from the corporate practice of medicine
limitation. Includes accountable care organizations in application of
the laws concerning medical malpractice and peer review.
Effective: Upon passage.
January 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative
Procedure.
February 8, 2011, amended; reassigned to Committee on Health and Provider Services.
February 17, 2011, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
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(1) A student in training in a medical school approved by the board, or while performing duties as an intern or a resident in a hospital under the supervision of the hospital's staff or in a program approved by the medical school.
(2) A person who renders service in case of emergency where no fee or other consideration is contemplated, charged, or received.
(3) A paramedic (as defined in IC 16-18-2-266), an emergency medical technician-basic advanced (as defined in IC 16-18-2-112.5), an emergency medical technician-intermediate (as defined in IC 16-18-2-112.7), an emergency medical technician (as defined in IC 16-18-2-112), or a person with equivalent certification from another state who renders advanced
life support (as defined in IC 16-18-2-7) or basic life support (as
defined in IC 16-18-2-33.5):
(A) during a disaster emergency declared by the governor
under IC 10-14-3-12 in response to an act that the governor in
good faith believes to be an act of terrorism (as defined in
IC 35-41-1-26.5); and
(B) in accordance with the rules adopted by the Indiana
emergency medical services commission or the disaster
emergency declaration of the governor.
(4) Commissioned medical officers or medical service officers of
the armed forces of the United States, the United States Public
Health Service, and medical officers of the United States
Department of Veterans Affairs in the discharge of their official
duties in Indiana.
(5) An individual who is not a licensee who resides in another
state or country and is authorized to practice medicine or
osteopathic medicine there, who is called in for consultation by an
individual licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine
in Indiana.
(6) A person administering a domestic or family remedy to a
member of the person's family.
(7) A member of a church practicing the religious tenets of the
church if the member does not make a medical diagnosis,
prescribe or administer drugs or medicines, perform surgical or
physical operations, or assume the title of or profess to be a
physician.
(8) A school corporation and a school employee who acts under
IC 34-30-14 (or IC 34-4-16.5-3.5 before its repeal).
(9) A chiropractor practicing the chiropractor's profession under
IC 25-10 or to an employee of a chiropractor acting under the
direction and supervision of the chiropractor under IC 25-10-1-13.
(10) A dental hygienist practicing the dental hygienist's profession
under IC 25-13.
(11) A dentist practicing the dentist's profession under IC 25-14.
(12) A hearing aid dealer practicing the hearing aid dealer's
profession under IC 25-20.
(13) A nurse practicing the nurse's profession under IC 25-23.
However, a certified registered nurse anesthetist (as defined in
IC 25-23-1-1.4) may administer anesthesia if the certified
registered nurse anesthetist acts under the direction of and in the
immediate presence of a physician.
(14) An optometrist practicing the optometrist's profession under
IC 25-24.
(15) A pharmacist practicing the pharmacist's profession under
IC 25-26.
(16) A physical therapist practicing the physical therapist's
profession under IC 25-27.
(17) A podiatrist practicing the podiatrist's profession under
IC 25-29.
(18) A psychologist practicing the psychologist's profession under
IC 25-33.
(19) A speech-language pathologist or audiologist practicing the
pathologist's or audiologist's profession under IC 25-35.6.
(20) An employee of a physician or group of physicians who
performs an act, a duty, or a function that is customarily within
the specific area of practice of the employing physician or group
of physicians, if the act, duty, or function is performed under the
direction and supervision of the employing physician or a
physician of the employing group within whose area of practice
the act, duty, or function falls. An employee may not make a
diagnosis or prescribe a treatment and must report the results of
an examination of a patient conducted by the employee to the
employing physician or the physician of the employing group
under whose supervision the employee is working. An employee
may not administer medication without the specific order of the
employing physician or a physician of the employing group.
Unless an employee is licensed or registered to independently
practice in a profession described in subdivisions (9) through
(18), nothing in this subsection grants the employee independent
practitioner status or the authority to perform patient services in
an independent practice in a profession.
(21) A hospital licensed under IC 16-21 or IC 12-25.
(22) A health care organization whose members, shareholders, or
partners are individuals, partnerships, corporations, facilities, or
institutions licensed or legally authorized by this state to provide
health care or professional services as:
(A) a physician;
(B) a psychiatric hospital;
(C) a hospital;
(D) a health maintenance organization or limited service
health maintenance organization;
(E) a health facility;
(F) a dentist;
(G) a registered or licensed practical nurse;
(H) a midwife;
(I) an optometrist;
(J) a podiatrist;
(K) a chiropractor;
(L) a physical therapist; or
(M) a psychologist.
(23) A physician assistant practicing the physician assistant profession under IC 25-27.5.
(24) A physician providing medical treatment under IC 25-22.5-1-2.1.
(25) An attendant who provides attendant care services (as defined in IC 16-18-2-28.5).
(26) A personal services attendant providing authorized attendant care services under IC 12-10-17.1.
(27) An accountable care organization (as defined in IC 34-18-2-3.1).
(b) A person described in subsection (a)(9) through (a)(18) is not excluded from the application of this article if:
(1) the person performs an act that an Indiana statute does not authorize the person to perform; and
(2) the act qualifies in whole or in part as the practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine.
(c) An employment or other contractual relationship between an entity described in:
(1) subsection (a)(21) through (a)(22); or
(2) subsection (a)(27);
and a licensed physician does not constitute the unlawful practice of medicine under this article if the entity does not direct or control independent medical acts, decisions, or judgment of the licensed physician. However, if the direction or control is done by the entity under IC 34-30-15 (or IC 34-4-12.6 before its repeal), the entity is excluded from the application of this article as it relates to the unlawful practice of medicine or osteopathic medicine.
(d) This subsection does not apply to a prescription or drug order for a legend drug that is filled or refilled in a pharmacy owned or operated by a hospital licensed under IC 16-21. A physician licensed in Indiana who permits or authorizes a person to fill or refill a prescription or drug order for a legend drug except as authorized in IC 16-42-19-11 through IC 16-42-19-19 is subject to disciplinary action under IC 25-1-9. A person who violates this subsection commits the unlawful practice of medicine under this chapter.
(e) A person described in subsection (a)(8) shall not be authorized
to dispense contraceptives or birth control devices.
(1) has the responsibility of evaluation of:
(A) qualifications of professional health care providers;
(B) patient care rendered by professional health care providers; or
(C) the merits of a complaint against a professional health care provider that includes a determination or recommendation concerning the complaint, and the complaint is based on the competence or professional conduct of an individual health care provider, whose competence or conduct affects or could affect adversely the health or welfare of a patient or patients; and
(2) meets the following criteria:
(A) The committee is organized:
(i) by a state, regional, or local organization of professional health care providers or by a nonprofit foundation created by the professional organization for purposes of improvement of patient care;
(ii) by the professional staff of a hospital, another health care facility, a nonprofit health care organization (under section 117(23) of this chapter), an accountable care organization, or a professional health care organization;
(iii) by state or federal law or regulation;
(iv) by a governing board of a hospital, a nonprofit health care organization (under section 117(23) of this chapter), an accountable care organization, or a professional health care organization;
(v) as a governing board or committee of the board of a hospital, a nonprofit health care organization (under section 117(23) of this chapter), an accountable care organization, or a professional health care organization;
(vi) by an organization, a plan, or a program described in section 117(16) through 117(17) of this chapter;
(vii) as a hospital, an accountable care organization, or a
nonprofit health care organization (under section 117(23) of
this chapter) medical staff or a section of that staff; or
(viii) as a governing board or committee of the board of a
professional health care provider (as defined in section
117(16) through 117(17) of this chapter).
(B) At least fifty percent (50%) of the committee members are:
(i) individual professional health care providers, the
governing board of a hospital, the governing board of a
nonprofit health care organization (under section 117(23) of
this chapter), or professional health care organization, the
governing board of an accountable care organization, or
the governing board or a committee of the board of a
professional health care provider (as defined in section
117(16) through 117(17) of this chapter); or
(ii) individual professional health care providers and the
committee is organized as an interdisciplinary committee to
conduct evaluation of patient care services.
(b) However, "peer review committee" does not include a medical
review panel created under IC 34-18-10 (or IC 27-12-10 before its
repeal).
(1) a physician licensed under IC 25-22.5;
(2) a dentist licensed under IC 25-14;
(3) a hospital licensed under IC 16-21;
(4) a podiatrist licensed under IC 25-29;
(5) a chiropractor licensed under IC 25-10;
(6) an optometrist licensed under IC 25-24;
(7) a psychologist licensed under IC 25-33;
(8) a pharmacist licensed under IC 25-26;
(9) a health facility licensed under IC 16-28-2;
(10) a registered or licensed practical nurse licensed under IC 25-23;
(11) a physical therapist licensed under IC 25-27;
(12) a home health agency licensed under IC 16-27-1;
(13) a community mental health center (as defined in IC 12-7-2-38);
(14) a health care organization whose members, shareholders, or partners are:
(A) professional health care providers described in
subdivisions (1) through (13);
(B) professional corporations comprised of health care
professionals (as defined in IC 23-1.5-1-8); or
(C) professional health care providers described in
subdivisions (1) through (13) and professional corporations
comprised of persons described in subdivisions (1) through
(13);
(15) a private psychiatric hospital licensed under IC 12-25;
(16) a preferred provider organization (including a preferred
provider arrangement or reimbursement agreement under
IC 27-8-11);
(17) a health maintenance organization (as defined in
IC 27-13-1-19) or a limited service health maintenance
organization (as defined in IC 27-13-34-4);
(18) a respiratory care practitioner licensed under IC 25-34.5;
(19) an occupational therapist licensed under IC 25-23.5;
(20) a state institution (as defined in IC 12-7-2-184);
(21) a clinical social worker who is licensed under
IC 25-23.6-5-2;
(22) a managed care provider (as defined in IC 12-7-2-127(b));
(23) a nonprofit health care organization affiliated with a hospital
that is owned or operated by a religious order, whose members are
members of that religious order; or
(24) a nonprofit health care organization with one (1) or more
hospital affiliates; or
(25) an accountable care organization.
(1) all individual professional health care providers authorized to provide health care:
(A) in a hospital or other health care facility; or
(B) for an accountable care organization; or
(2) the multidisciplinary staff of a community mental health center (as defined in IC 12-7-2-38).
(1) that is associated with a defined population of patients;
(2) that is accountable for the quality and cost of care that is delivered to the population described in subdivision (1); and
(3) through which the health care providers share in savings created by:
(A) improving the quality; and
(B) reducing growth of the cost;
of care delivered to the population described in subdivision (1).
The term includes an entity that is eligible to participate in a program established under 42 U.S.C. 1395jjj.
(1) An individual, a partnership, a limited liability company, a corporation, a professional corporation, a facility, or an institution licensed or legally authorized by this state to provide health care or professional services as a physician, psychiatric hospital, hospital, health facility, emergency ambulance service (IC 16-18-2-107), dentist, registered or licensed practical nurse, physician assistant, midwife, optometrist, podiatrist, chiropractor, physical therapist, respiratory care practitioner, occupational therapist, psychologist, paramedic, emergency medical technician-intermediate, emergency medical technician-basic advanced, or emergency medical technician, or a person who is an officer, employee, or agent of the individual, partnership, corporation, professional corporation, facility, or institution acting in the course and scope of the person's employment.
(2) A college, university, or junior college that provides health care to a student, faculty member, or employee, and the governing board or a person who is an officer, employee, or agent of the college, university, or junior college acting in the course and scope of the person's employment.
(3) A blood bank, community mental health center, community mental retardation center, community health center, or migrant health center.
(4) A home health agency (as defined in IC 16-27-1-2).
(5) A health maintenance organization (as defined in IC 27-13-1-19).
(6) A health care organization whose members, shareholders, or partners are health care providers under subdivision (1).
(7) A corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or professional corporation not otherwise qualified under this section that:
(A) as one (1) of its functions, provides health care;
(B) is organized or registered under state law; and
(C) is determined to be eligible for coverage as a health care provider under this article for its health care function.
Coverage for a health care provider qualified under this subdivision is limited to its health care functions and does not extend to other causes of action.
(8) An accountable care organization.
(9) An officer, employee, or agent of an accountable care organization.
(b) All communications to a peer review committee shall be privileged communications.
(c) Neither the personnel of a peer review committee nor any participant in a committee proceeding shall reveal any content of:
(1) communications to;
(2) the records of; or
(3) the determination of;
a peer review committee outside of the peer review committee.
(d) However, the governing board of:
(1) a hospital;
(2) a professional health care organization;
(3) a preferred provider organization (including a preferred provider arrangement or reimbursement agreement under IC 27-8-11);
(4) a health maintenance organization (as defined in IC 27-13-1-19) or a limited service health maintenance organization (as defined in IC 27-13-34-4); or
(5) an accountable care organization;
may disclose the final action taken with regard to a professional health care provider without violating the provisions of this section.
(e) Upon approval by the health care facility's governing body, the peer review committee of a health care facility (as defined in IC 16-40-5-2, expired) may submit or disclose to the agency (as defined in IC 16-40-5-1, expired) the following for purposes of patient safety or quality of health care matters under IC 16-40-5 (expired):
(1) Communications to the peer review committee.
(2) Peer review committee proceedings.
(3) Peer review committee records.
(4) Determinations by the peer review committee.
Information and materials submitted or disclosed to the agency under this subsection are confidential and privileged from use as evidence in an administrative or judicial proceeding, and notwithstanding IC 16-40-5 (expired) the agency may not release the information or material outside the agency. However, the agency may issue a report that is based upon information or materials submitted or disclosed to the agency by a peer review committee if the report or any other information issued does not disclose the identity of the health care facility, health care provider, or patient. Information and materials may be submitted or disclosed to the agency under this subsection without violating this section or waiving the confidentiality and privilege attached to the communications, proceedings, records, determinations, or deliberations of the peer review committee.
(f) Upon its determination, the governing body of a hospital may report, as part of the hospital's quality assessment and improvement program, a determination of a peer review committee of the hospital regarding an adverse event concerning patient care to the state department of health or another state agency without:
(1) violating this section; or
(2) waiving the confidentiality and privilege attached to the communications, proceedings, records, determinations, or deliberations of the peer review committee.
(1) the peer review committee of:
(A) a hospital;
(B) a nonprofit health care organization (described in IC 34-6-2-117(23));
(C) a preferred provider organization (including a preferred provider arrangement or reimbursement agreement under IC 27-8-11);
(D) a health maintenance organization (as defined in IC 27-13-1-19) or a limited service health maintenance organization (as defined in IC 27-13-34-4);
(E) another health facility; or
(F) an accountable care organization;
(2) the disciplinary authority of the professional organization of which the professional health care provider under question is a member; or
(3) the appropriate state board of registration and licensure that
the committee considers necessary for recommended disciplinary
action;
and shall otherwise be kept confidential for use only within the scope
of the committee's work, unless the professional health care provider
has filed a prior written waiver of confidentiality with the peer review
committee.
(b) However, if a conflict exists between this section and
IC 27-13-31, the provisions of IC 27-13-31 control.
(1) a professional health care provider;
(2) a peer review committee; and
(3) the governing board of:
(A) a hospital;
(B) a preferred provider organization (including a preferred provider arrangement or reimbursement agreement under IC 27-8-11);
(C) a health maintenance organization (as defined in IC 27-13-1-19) or a limited service health maintenance organization (as defined in IC 27-13-34-4);
(D) a professional health care organization; or
(E) an accountable care organization;
may use information obtained by peer review committees for legitimate internal business purposes.
(b) Legitimate internal business uses of information obtained by a peer review committee include the following:
(1) Quality review and assessment.
(2) Utilization review and management.
(3) Risk management and incident reporting.
(4) Safety, prevention, and correction.
(5) Reduction of morbidity and mortality.
(6) Scientific, statistical, and educational purposes.
(7) Legal defense.
