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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1 ble pr<strong>of</strong>essional, the quality measures and, as<br />
2 applicable, clinical practice improvement activi-<br />
3 ties within the final quality measure set under<br />
4 paragraph (9)(F) applicable to the peer cohort<br />
5 <strong>of</strong> such provider.’’; and<br />
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(iv) in subparagraph (E), as redesig-<br />
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graph, by striking ‘‘AND<br />
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YEARS’’;<br />
SUBSEQUENT<br />
(C) in subsection (k)(3)—<br />
(i) in the paragraph heading, by strik-<br />
ing ‘‘COVERED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES<br />
AND ELIGIBLE PROFESSIONALS DEFINED’’<br />
and inserting ‘‘DEFINITIONS’’; and<br />
(ii) by adding at the end the following<br />
new subparagraphs:<br />
‘‘(C) CLINICAL PRACTICE IMPROVEMENT<br />
ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘clinical practice improvement<br />
activity’ means an activity that relevant<br />
eligible pr<strong>of</strong>essional organizations and<br />
other relevant stakeholders identify as improving<br />
clinical practice or care delivery and that<br />
the Secretary determines, when effectively executed,<br />
is likely to result in improved outcomes.<br />
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