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UNOFFICIAL 1736-11 subsection and are not intended to be used as evidence in a judicial or administrative hearing by the State shall be immediately returned to the provider.

(f) Cost report files of an institutional provider shall contain the following information: (1) Reimbursable cost; (2) Cost finding schedules; and (3) Other financial and statistical data to support reimbursable cost, including: (A) Employment records; (B) Work shift and schedules; and (C) Payroll records of all institutional personnel, owners, and corporate officers. [Eff 08/01/94 ] (Auth: HRS §346-14) (Imp: HRS §346-40)

§17-1736-18 Confidential communications and disclosure requirements for physician and psychologist providers. (a) There is no privilege under this section in any administrative proceeding where the: (1) Competency; (2) Practitioner's license; (3) Provider status; or (4) Practice; of the physician is an issue, including fair hearing criminal cases involving fraud, or civil cases involving over-payment under the medicaid program. However, the identifying data of a patient whose records are admitted into evidence at an administrative hearing shall be kept confidential among the parties to the hearing unless waived by the patient. The administrative agency, board, or commission may close its proceedings to the public to protect a patient's confidentiality.

(b) The DHS director may require providers of health care goods and services, including physicians and psychotherapists, to seek written authorization from the med-QUEST administration to provide care, goods, or services to medicaid patients. A provider's request for authorization shall include: (1) The patient's name; (2) A diagnosis of the patient's psychiatric, physical, or psychological condition; (3) Whether or not the patient can work, either part-time or full-time; (4) The number of times the patient has seen the provider over a given prior period;