N.M. Admin. Code § 7.1.22.9

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 21, November 5, 2024

Section 7.1.22.9 - EDITORIAL BOARD

A. The commission shall establish annually a five member editorial board selected from the HIS advisory committee, including representatives of data providers and consumers. A commission staff member shall be the nonvoting chair of the editorial board. The editorial board shall plan, review and recommend to the commission the report format, performance and survey measures, and educational information to be included in consumer health information reports.

B. The editorial board's recommendations, and any subsequent adoption of a consumer information report by the commission, shall take into account the relevancy of the performance and survey measures to the health status of New Mexico health care consumers and shall be guided by the following criteria:

(1) Availability - whether the performance or survey measure is or should be available from a source readily accessible to the data provider or survey administrator, or whether provision of the information can be achieved without extraordinary effort by the data provider or survey administrator;

(2) Comparability - whether the performance or survey measure allows for comparisons among data providers or categories of data providers, or whether mechanisms are available to the commission to adjust for variations in patient risk factors if comparability across data providers is limited;

(3) Confidentiality - whether patient confidential information can be protected;

(4) Cost - whether the overall cost to compile or submit the performance or survey measure meets standards of reasonableness as required by Sections 24-14A-3 D(14) and 24-14A-3.1D(3) of the Health Information System Act, Section 24-14A-1 et seq. NMSA 1978;

(5) Meaningfulness - whether the performance or survey measure meets minimum standards of statistical reliability, validity, and accuracy and the performance or survey measure's reliability, validity and accuracy can be validated by an independent audit or verified by analysis of the component data elements of the measure;

(6) Rationale - whether the performance or survey measure has relevance to consumer decision-making, or whether there is a consumer-based reason for including the performance or survey measure;

(7) Specifications - whether there is a standardized method to quantify the performance or survey measure;

(8) Standard - whether there is a desired level of performance that has gained acceptance nationally or professionally for the performance or survey measure.

N.M. Admin. Code § 7.1.22.9

8/30/97; Recompiled 10/31/01