The Health Data Panel is a statutorily-created advisory committee that provides recommendations to the Department on the design and implementation of the Louisiana Consumer’s Right to Know Act (SB 287/ACT 537).  This legislation requires DHH to provide the Louisiana health care consumers expanded, Web-based access to reliable information on the cost, quality and performance of their health care providers and health plans. The Panel advises the Department on numerous aspects of this project, including but not limited to:

• the identification and definition of the core health care cost, quality, and performance data elements to be reported to the Department,
• the development of standards of accuracy, quality, timeliness, economy, and efficiency for the provision of data, 
• the identification of the most practical methods to collect, transmit, and share required health care data,
• utilization of existing administrative data bases and modalities of data collection to provide the required data,
• ensuring confidentiality of personal health information,
• publication of provider and health plan specific cost, quality, and performance data for consumer use.