Section 590-120-8 - DATA REQUESTS FROM COVERED ENTITIES WHO ARE DATA PROVIDERS FOR LEVEL III DATA1. MHDO Level III Data Elements: The data elements available in the MHDO Level III Data include elements available at Level I Data and Level II Data, and additional elements in APPENDIX D. Data in APPENDIX C must be specifically requested.
2. Process for Requesting Level III Data A. Requests for Level III Data shall be made in writing by filing an application with the MHDO in a form specified by the MHDO as provided on its Website.B. Level III Data may be requested by a covered entity that is a Data Provider or the Covered Entity's Business Associate for the purposes of Treatment, Payment and Health Plan Operations and which meet the permissible uses for MHDO Data releases.C. Level III Data may also be used for Health Care Improvement Studies involving patients with whom the study entity has a treatment or payor relationship.D. MHDO may release Level III Data to a covered entity's data applicant or to the covered entity's business associates, provided the business associates are listed on, and bound by, the MHDO DUA.E. The Executive Director shall convene the MHDO Data Release Subcommittee to review and consider all Level III applications as provided for in Section 12. F. The Executive Director shall bring to the MHDO Data Release Subcommittee all comments received regarding the data release, including any claims of proprietary data.G. An applicant receiving Level III Data may use the data only to the minimum extent necessary to accomplish the purposes stated in the application for which approval was granted and for no other purpose. The MHDO Data Release Subcommittee may add any restrictions to the MHDO DUA.H. The decision of the MHDO Data Release Subcommittee to release Level III Data is final, unless a timely appeal to the Board of Directors is filed in accordance with Section 11 and 12. I. Prior to releasing the MHDO Data the applicant must enter into a MHDO DUA.90-590 C.M.R. ch. 120, § 8