PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor                             Ch. 348

(ii) The total reimbursement for each health care specialty over a
12-month period;

(iii) The total reimbursement for each code over a 12 month period;

and

(iv) The annual rate of change in reimbursement for health services by
health-care specialties and by code.

(2) In addition to the information required under paragraph (1) of this
subsection, the Commission may publish any other information that the Commission
deems appropriate.

(f) The Commission may establish health care cost annual adjustment goals for
the cost of health care services and may establish the total cost of health care services by
code to be rendered by a specialty group of health care practitioners designated by the
Commission during a 12-month period.

(g) In developing a health care cost annual adjustment goal under subsection (f)
of this section, the Commission shall;

(1) Consult with appropriate health care practitioners, payors, the Maryland
Hospital Association, the Health Services Cost Review Commission, the Department of
Health and Mental Hygiene, and the Department of Business and Economic
Development; and

(2) Take into consideration:

(i) The input costs and other underlying factors that contribute to the
rising cost of health care in this State and in the United States;

(ii) The resources necessary for the delivery of quality health care;

(iii) The additional costs associated with aging populations and new
technology;

(iv) The potential impacts of federal laws on health care costs; and

(v) The savings associated with the implementation of modified
practice patterns.

(h) Nothing in this section shall have the effect of impairing the ability of a health
maintenance organization to contract with health care practitioners or any other
individual under mutually agreed upon terms and conditions.

(i) A professional organization or society that performs activities in good faith in
furtherance of the purposes of this section is not subject to criminal or civil liability under
the Maryland Anti-Trust Act for those activities.

(J) (1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SUBTITLE,
WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR SOFT TISSUE INJURIES REQUIRED
UNDER SUBSECTION (B)(6) OF THIS SECTION, THE COMMISSION SHALL ESTABLISH
THE CONVERSION MULTIPLIER FOR ALL HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS SUBJECT TO

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