draft bill - House of Representatives
draft bill - House of Representatives
draft bill - House of Representatives
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‘‘(2) CONTRACT WITH APM CONTRACTING ENTI-<br />
TY.—<br />
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes <strong>of</strong> paragraph<br />
(1)(A), the Secretary shall identify and<br />
have in effect a contract with an independent<br />
entity that has appropriate expertise to carry<br />
out the functions applicable to such entity<br />
under this section. Such entity shall be referred<br />
to in this section as the ‘APM contracting entity’.<br />
‘‘(B) TIMING FOR FIRST CONTRACT.—As<br />
soon as practicable, but not later than one year<br />
after the date <strong>of</strong> the enactment <strong>of</strong> this section,<br />
the Secretary shall enter into the first contract<br />
under subparagraph (A).<br />
‘‘(C) COMPETITIVE PROCEDURES.—Com-<br />
petitive procedures (as defined in section 4(5)<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Office <strong>of</strong> Federal Procurement Policy Act<br />
(41 U.S.C. 403(5)) shall be used to enter into<br />
a contract under subparagraph (A).<br />
‘‘(c) SUBMISSION OF PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE PAY-<br />
MENT MODELS.—Beginning not later than 90 days after<br />
the date the Secretary enters into a contract under subsection<br />
(b)(2) with the APM contracting entity, physicians,<br />
eligible pr<strong>of</strong>essional organizations, health care pro-<br />
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