draft bill - House of Representatives
draft bill - House of Representatives
draft bill - House of Representatives
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[Discussion Draft]<br />
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1 ess and at such time as specified under the sys-<br />
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‘‘(i) shall include, as peer cohorts,<br />
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provider specialties defined by the Amer-<br />
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ican Board <strong>of</strong> Medical Specialties or equiv-<br />
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alent certification boards and such other<br />
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cohorts as established under this section in<br />
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order to capture classifications <strong>of</strong> providers<br />
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across eligible pr<strong>of</strong>essional organizations<br />
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and other practice areas, groupings, or cat-<br />
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egories; and<br />
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‘‘(ii) shall be updated from time to<br />
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time.<br />
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‘‘(C) QUALITY MEASURES FOR MEASURE<br />
SETS.—<br />
‘‘(i) DEVELOPMENT.—Under the system<br />
under this subsection there shall be established<br />
a process for the development <strong>of</strong><br />
quality measures under this subparagraph<br />
for purposes <strong>of</strong> potential inclusion <strong>of</strong> such<br />
measures in measure sets under this paragraph.<br />
Under such process—<br />
‘‘(I) there shall be coordination,<br />
to the extent possible, across organizations<br />
developing such measures;<br />
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