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the claim. Said review shall occur within thirty (30) days prior to making any payment equal to or in excess of five hundred dollars ($500.00) to any claimant who is a resident of this state, for personal injury or Workers’ Compensation benefits under a contract of insurance. For Workers’ Compensation insurers, or self-insured employers, said review shall occur within thirty (30) days prior to making any lump sum settlement (R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-33-25), denial and dismissal settlement (R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-33-25.1) or specific compensation (R.I. Gen. Laws § 28-33-19) payment equal to or in excess of five-hundred dollars ($500) to any claimant who is a resident of this state. B. The EOHHS shall electronically furnish these insurers and insurance companies with a database data match option report of names of individuals with last known addresses, as of the date of the report, who have received Medicaid in excess of five hundred dollars ($500). C. To facilitate the efficient and prompt reporting of those Medicaid beneficiaries in one centralized location, the duty and responsibility of the insurance companies doing business is as follows: 1. Utilize one centralized database, to which the EOHHS shall report and administer. 2. Any insurer receiving information identifying a Medicaid beneficiary shall maintain the confidentiality of that information to the full extent required under federal and state law. Minimal data elements, including, but not limited to, the date of injury and other necessary identifying information, shall be shared with an agency contracted by the EOHHS which maintains a centralized database of insurance claims. 3. The contracted centralized database is required to keep confidential: any personal and personnel information; records sufficient to identify a person applying for or receiving Medicaid; preliminary drafts, notes, impressions, memoranda, working papers, and work products; as well as any other records, reports, opinions, information, and statements deemed confidential pursuant to state or federal law or regulation, or rule of court. Any such confidential data shall not be disclosed to the insurer except that in the case of Workers’ Compensation where the agency shall share that information necessary for the Workers’ Compensation insurer or self- insured employer to comply with its obligations pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 28-33-5 to 28-33-8. 4. Matched results indicating that a beneficiary is a claimant of an insurer are returned to the EOHHS through its contracted agency. Proper quality assurance shall be performed by the contracted agency to insure the claim is open. The contracted agency may also collect additional information from the insurer, including but not limited to contact information.