CONTRACT with Secretary under section 1890 ; Term consensus-based entity meaning entity with
Index of Sec 1441. ...HEALTH care practitioners in delivery of health care services ; Term quality measure meaning national consensus standard for measuring performance and improvement of population health or institutional providers of services, physicians and other
Index of Sec 1441. ...CENTEREDNESS of health care including due to variations in care ; Greatest potential for improving performance, affordability and patient-
Index of Sec 1441. ...HEALTH care practitioners in delivery of health care services ; Term quality measure meaning national consensus standard for measuring performance and improvement of population health or institutional providers of services, physicians and other
Index of Sec 1441. ...HEALTH care services in United States ; Secretary ensuring that priority given to areas in delivery of
Index of Sec 1441. ...HEALTH care services ; Term quality measure meaning national consensus standard for measuring performance and improvement of population health or institutional providers of services, physicians and other health care practitioners in delivery of
Index of Sec 1441. ...HEALTH care practitioners in delivery of health care services ; Term quality measure meaning national consensus standard for measuring performance and improvement of population health or institutional providers of services, physicians and other
Index of Sec 1441. ...RAPID improvement due to existing evidence, standards of care or other reasons ; Potential for
Index of Sec 1441. ...TITLE XI of Social Security Act being further amended by adding at end following new part ;
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To provide affordable, quality health care for all Americans and reduce the growth in health care spending, and for other purposes.
Mr. Dingell (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Waxman, Mr. George Miller of California, Mr. Stark, Mr. Pallone, and Mr. Andrews) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, Education and Labor, Oversight and Government Reform, and the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Title XI of the Social Security Act, as amended by section 1401(a), is further amended by adding at the end the following new part:
“Establishment of national priorities for performance improvement
“Sec. 1191. (a) Establishment of national priorities by the Secretary.—The Secretary shall establish and periodically update, not less frequently than triennially, national priorities for performance improvement.