Section 3015

SEC. 3015. DATA COLLECTION; PUBLIC REPORTING.

Title III of the Public Health Service Act [42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.], as amended by section 3011, is further amended by adding at the end the following:

'SEC. 399II. COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA FOR QUALITY AND RESOURCE USE MEASURES.

'[a] In General- The Secretary shall collect and aggregate consistent data on quality and resource use measures from information systems used to support health care delivery to implement the public reporting of performance information, as described in section 399JJ, and may award grants or contracts for this purpose. The Secretary shall ensure that such collection, aggregation, and analysis systems span an increasingly broad range of patient populations, providers, and geographic areas over time.

'[b] Grants or Contracts for Data Collection-

'[1] IN GENERAL- The Secretary may award grants or contracts to eligible entities to support new, or improve existing, efforts to collect and aggregate quality and resource use measures described under subsection [c].

'[2] ELIGIBLE ENTITIES- To be eligible for a grant or contract under this subsection, an entity shall--

'[A] be--

'[i] a multi-stakeholder entity that coordinates the development of methods and implementation plans for the consistent reporting of summary quality and cost information;

'[ii] an entity capable of submitting such summary data for a particular population and providers, such as a disease registry, regional collaboration, health plan collaboration, or other population-wide source; or

'[iii] a Federal Indian Health Service program or a health program operated by an Indian tribe [as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act];

'[B] promote the use of the systems that provide data to improve and coordinate patient care;

'[C] support the provision of timely, consistent quality and resource use information to health care providers, and other groups and organizations as appropriate, with an opportunity for providers to correct inaccurate measures; and

'[D] agree to report, as determined by the Secretary, measures on quality and resource use to the public in accordance with the public reporting process established under section 399JJ.

'[c] Consistent Data Aggregation- The Secretary may award grants or contracts under this section only to entities that enable summary data that can be integrated and compared across multiple sources. The Secretary shall provide standards for the protection of the security and privacy of patient data.

'[d] Matching Funds- The Secretary may not award a grant or contract under this section to an entity unless the entity agrees that it will make available [directly or through contributions from other public or private entities] non-Federal contributions toward the activities to be carried out under the grant or contract in an amount equal to $1 for each $5 of Federal funds provided under the grant or contract. Such non-Federal matching funds may be provided directly or through donations from public or private entities and may be in cash or in-kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, or services.

'[e] Authorization of Appropriations- To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2010 through 2014.

'SEC. 399JJ. PUBLIC REPORTING OF PERFORMANCE INFORMATION.

'[a] Development of Performance Websites- The Secretary shall make available to the public, through standardized Internet websites, performance information summarizing data on quality measures. Such information shall be tailored to respond to the differing needs of hospitals and other institutional health care providers, physicians and other clinicians, patients, consumers, researchers, policymakers, States, and other stakeholders, as the Secretary may specify.

'[b] Information on Conditions- The performance information made publicly available on an Internet website, as described in subsection [a], shall include information regarding clinical conditions to the extent such information is available, and the information shall, where appropriate, be provider-specific and sufficiently disaggregated and specific to meet the needs of patients with different clinical conditions.

'[c] Consultation-

'[1] IN GENERAL- In carrying out this section, the Secretary shall consult with the entity with a contract under section 1890[a] of the Social Security Act, and other entities, as appropriate, to determine the type of information that is useful to stakeholders and the format that best facilitates use of the reports and of performance reporting Internet websites.

'[2] CONSULTATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS- The entity with a contract under section 1890[a] of the Social Security Act shall convene multi-stakeholder groups, as described in such section, to review the design and format of each Internet website made available under subsection [a] and shall transmit to the Secretary the views of such multi-stakeholder groups with respect to each such design and format.

'[d] Coordination- Where appropriate, the Secretary shall coordinate the manner in which data are presented through Internet websites described in subsection [a] and for public reporting of other quality measures by the Secretary, including such quality measures under title XVIII of the Social Security Act.

'[e] Authorization of Appropriations- To carry out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2010 through 2014.'.