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Plan sponsor owns all plan data

Published findings, original references and room for an evidence-backed challenge.

What the rubric looks for

The plan sponsor is the sole owner of claims, eligibility, accumulator, rebate and every derived data set, the PBM delivers it in machine readable form on request, and the PBM may not reuse, license or sell it.

Why it matters

Data ownership decides who can switch vendors, run an audit or check a guarantee. A PBM that owns or licenses plan data can charge for it, withhold it at termination, or resell it.

DATA · Weight 4/100 · Introduced in rubric v2

Reference: Sections 9.4, 9.5

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Published evidence

Travis County · Envision Pharmaceutical Services, LLC

Published Commons finding

Not addressedFinding rubric version not recorded

No evidence quotation was recorded for this finding.

Recorded reference: No page reference recorded

Published rationale. All five models reached this verdict. The only data language is on page 10, where Envision and United Healthcare commit to integrating pharmacy data with medical data for case and disease management, which describes a use of data rather than who owns it. Nothing makes the county the owner of claims, eligibility, accumulator or rebate data, requires machine readable delivery or bars reuse or sale. The executed agreement is not part of this agenda backup and nothing in the 18 pages is redacted, so the subject is absent rather than unreadable.

“Not addressed” is this published review’s conclusion about the produced text, not proof that a provision is absent from every version or withheld document.

Inspect historical council readings (5 recorded for this criterion)

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Claude Opus 5

Not addressedRubric v2 · Historical council reading

No evidence quotation was recorded for this finding.

Recorded reference: No page reference recorded

Published rationale. Ownership of claims, eligibility, accumulator and rebate data is never addressed. The only data language is on page 10, where Envision and United Healthcare commit to integrating pharmacy data with medical data for case and disease management, which describes a use of data rather than who owns it. Nothing requires machine readable delivery on request and nothing bars the vendor from reusing or licensing county data.

“Not addressed” is this published review’s conclusion about the produced text, not proof that a provision is absent from every version or withheld document.

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Not addressedRubric v2 · Historical council reading

No evidence quotation was recorded for this finding.

Recorded reference: No page reference recorded

Published rationale. The subject of data ownership is not addressed in the agenda backup memorandum.

“Not addressed” is this published review’s conclusion about the produced text, not proof that a provision is absent from every version or withheld document.

GPT 5.6 Sol

Not addressedRubric v2 · Historical council reading

No evidence quotation was recorded for this finding.

Recorded reference: No page reference recorded

Published rationale. Pages 9 and 10 mention reporting and integration of prescription and medical data, but they do not state that Travis County solely owns claims, eligibility, accumulator, rebate, or derived data. The packet also lacks machine-readable delivery rights and restrictions on reuse, licensing, or sale. Any data ownership article in the executed agreement is not provided.

“Not addressed” is this published review’s conclusion about the produced text, not proof that a provision is absent from every version or withheld document.

Grok 4.6

Not addressedRubric v2 · Historical council reading

No evidence quotation was recorded for this finding.

Recorded reference: No page reference recorded

Published rationale. Page 10 says Envision and UHC will integrate Rx data with medical data for case management. That is data sharing, not County ownership of claims, eligibility, accumulator, rebate, or derived data, and it does not bar Envision from reusing or selling the data. Ownership language is not in the packet.

“Not addressed” is this published review’s conclusion about the produced text, not proof that a provision is absent from every version or withheld document.

Kimi K3

Not addressedRubric v2 · Historical council reading

No evidence quotation was recorded for this finding.

Recorded reference: No page reference recorded

Published rationale. Nothing addresses ownership of claims, eligibility or rebate data, machine readable delivery, or limits on the PBM reusing or selling plan data. Page 7 mentions integration of prescription data from the outside PBM into TPA reports, but that is a service description, not an ownership clause. Data ownership would be defined in the executed agreement, which is not in the file.

“Not addressed” is this published review’s conclusion about the produced text, not proof that a provision is absent from every version or withheld document.

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