Common use of Authority and Purpose Clause in Contracts

Authority and Purpose. Pursuant to 18 V.S.A. § 9410, the GMCB maintains certain health care claims and eligibility data within VHCURES to enable it to carry out its statutory duties, including A. determining the capacity and distribution of existing resources; identifying health care needs and informing health care policy; B. evaluating the effectiveness of intervention programs on improving patient outcomes; C. comparing costs between various treatment settings and approaches; D. providing information to consumers and purchasers of health care; and E. improving the quality and affordability of patient health care and health care coverage. To the extent allowed by HIPAA, the GMCB seeks to make some of this data available as a resource for individuals and entities to continuously review health care utilization, expenditures, and performance in Vermont. The purpose of this Agreement is to specify the conditions under which the GMCB will release VHCURES data, and to ensure that the data is accessed, maintained, used, and disclosed in compliance with all applicable statutory, regulatory, and contractual requirements.