153.46 Release of data by entity.

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(1)After completion of data verification, comment, and review procedures, the entity under contract under s. 153.05

(a)shall release data, together with comments, if any, in the following forms:

(a)Standard reports.

(b)For information that is submitted by hospitals or ambulatory surgery centers, public use data files that do not permit the identification of specific patients, employers, or health care providers. The identification of patients, employers, or health care providers shall be protected by all necessary means, including the deletion of patient identifiers and the use of calculated variables and aggregated variables.

(c)Custom-designed reports containing portions of the data under par.

(b). Reports under this paragraph may include the patient’s zip code or U.S. bureau of the census census tract or block group only if at least one of the following applies:

1. Other potentially identifying data elements are not released.

2. Population density is sufficient to mask patient identity.

3. Other potentially identifying data elements are grouped to provide population density sufficient to protect identity.

4. Multiple years of data elements are added to protect identity.

(1m)After completion of data verification and review procedures specified under s. 153.01

(4j), the entity may, but is not required to, release special data compilations.