Independent Medicare Advisory Board255
The independent Medicare advisory board will annually produce a public report containing standardized information on system-wide health care costs, patient access to care, utilization, and quality-of-care.256 Each report will include information on the quality and costs of care for the population at the most local level practicable,257 beneficiary and consumer access to care, patient experience of care,258 epidemiological shifts and demographic changes,259 and the proliferation, effectiveness and utilization of health care technologies.260
Footnotes
- 255. Social Security Act § 1899A, 42 U.S.C. 1395kkk.
- 256. Social Security Act § 1899A(n)(1), 42 U.S.C. 1395kkk(n)(1).
- 257. Social Security Act § 1899A(n)(2)(A), 42 U.S.C. 1395kkk(n)(2)(A).
- 258. Social Security Act § 1899A(n)(2)(B), 42 U.S.C. 1395kkk(n)(2)(B).
- 259. Social Security Act § 1899A(n)(2)(C), 42 U.S.C. 1395kkk(n)(2)(C).
- 260. Social Security Act § 1899A(n)(2)(D), 42 U.S.C. 1395kkk(n)(2)(D).
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