(10)__To develop and issue quality and cost reports the cost of which must be borne by the sale to nongovernment entities of clinical data collected by the organization.

Sec. 5. 22 MRSA §8712 is enacted to read:

§8712.__Cost reports for consumer use

The organization shall distribute at least annually the following clearly labeled and easy-to-understand cost reports for consumer use.__The reports must contain data elements by payor type such as, but not limited to, Medicare, Medicaid, self-pay, uncompensated care and insured, aggregated for all insurers and 3rd-party administrators.__The board may adopt rules to add other data elements to the reports as long as the reports remain easy to understand.__Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

1.__Nonmaternity inpatient medical discharge report.__For each hospital, a report on nonmaternity inpatient medical discharges must contain the following data elements for the 15 most common diagnostically related groups of services rendered by each hospital in an easy-to-understand format:

A.__The total number of discharges per diagnostically related group of services for all payor types;

B.__The number of discharges per diagnostically related group of services per payor type;

C.__The average charge per diagnostically related group of services per payor type; and

D.__The average length of stay to at least 2 decimal places per diagnostic related group of services per payor type.

2.__Nonmaternity inpatient surgical discharge report.__For each hospital, a report on nonmaternity inpatient surgical discharges must contain the following data elements for the 15 most common diagnostic related groups of services rendered by each hospital in an easy-to-understand format:

A.__The total number of discharges per diagnostically related group of services for all payor types;