Authority and Purpose. Pursuant to 18 V.S.A. §§ 9410, 9456, and 9457, the GMCB administers hospital discharge data within VUHDDS. The Vermont Department of Health (VDH) manages the data set by agreement with the GMCB. VUHDDS also includes hospital discharge data for Vermont residents using hospitals in bordering states, including New Hampshire, New York, and Massachusetts that the GMCB receives under interstate agreements with agencies outside of Vermont. VUHDDS is used by the VDH and the GMCB for utilization analyses in the annually-published Vermont Hospitals Report. To the extent allowed by HIPAA and 18 V.S.A. § 9457, 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 VUHDDS data, and to ensure that the data is accessed, maintained, used, and disclosed in compliance with all applicable statutory, regulatory, and contractual requirements.
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