draft bill - House of Representatives
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draft bill - House of Representatives
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[Discussion Draft]<br />
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2 including State medical societies, shall be con-<br />
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‘‘(D) APPLICATION AT GROUP PRACTICE<br />
LEVEL.—The Secretary shall establish a process,<br />
consistent with subsection (m)(3)(C), under<br />
which the provisions <strong>of</strong> this subsection are applied<br />
to eligible pr<strong>of</strong>essionals in a group practice<br />
if the group practice reports measures determined<br />
appropriate by the Secretary under<br />
such subsection.<br />
‘‘(E) COORDINATION WITH EXISTING PRO-<br />
GRAMS.—The application <strong>of</strong> measures and clinical<br />
practice improvement activities and assessment<br />
<strong>of</strong> performance under this subsection<br />
shall, as appropriate, be coordinated with the<br />
application <strong>of</strong> measures and assessment <strong>of</strong> performance<br />
under other provisions <strong>of</strong> this section.<br />
‘‘(2) ASSESSING PERFORMANCE WITH RESPECT<br />
TO FINAL QUALITY MEASURE SETS FOR APPLICABLE<br />
PEER COHORTS.—<br />
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT OF METHODS FOR<br />
ASSESSMENT.—<br />
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Under the update<br />
incentive program, the Secretary shall—<br />
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