Health data: rates for health care services: physicians and surgeons.

Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to establish a Health Care Cost Transparency Database to collect information regarding the cost of health care. Existing law requires the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to convene a review committee for purposes of advising the office on the establishment and implementation of the database. Existing law requires the office, by July 1, 2020, to submit a report to the Legislature, based on recommendations of the review committee and any third-party vendor, that includes prescribed elements. Existing law requires the office to establish, implement, and administer the database. Existing law requires certain health care entities, including a physician and surgeon, to provide specified information to the office for collection in the database. Under existing law, implementation of these provisions is subject to budget appropriation for that purpose. This bill would require the Medical Board of California to provide to the office, no less than annually, a comprehensive list of all physicians and surgeons practicing in California, including prescribed information. The bill would require a board-licensed physician and surgeon to provide to the office specified information relating to negotiated rates and charges imposed for services provided. The bill would require the office to make public certain aggregate data on negotiated rates.