Common use of Claims Data Clause in Contracts

Claims Data. BlueCross maintains Members’ claims data in its data warehouse. This claims data is available to the Employer during the term of this Agreement. Upon termination of this Agreement, this claims data will no longer be available to the Employer from the data warehouse, but it will continue to be maintained by BlueCross. Pursuant to the HIPAA privacy standards, it is infeasible for BlueCross to return or destroy the Member’s claims data received from the group health plan due to, but not limited to: ● underwriting; ● research; ● state and federal law retention requirements; ● governmental audits; ● potential litigation; and ● system restraints for segregating data. BlueCross will protect the data and limit further uses or disclosures as required by HIPAA.