Confidentiality

Pursuant to M.G.L. c. 6D, § 2A, the Commission shall keep confidential all nonpublic clinical, financial, strategic or operational documents or information provided or reported to the Commission in connection with any Performance Improvement Plan activities authorized under M.G.L. c. 6D, § 10 and 958 CMR 10.00 and shall not disclose the information or documents to any person without the consent of the payer or provider providing or reporting the information or documents, except in summary form in evaluative reports of such activities or when the Commission believes that such disclosure should be made in the public interest after taking into account any privacy, trade secret or anticompetitive considerations. Such confidential information and documents shall not be public records and shall be exempt from disclosure under M.G.L. c. 66, § 10 and c. 4, § 7(26).