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<title>Eliminating Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment Act of 2013</title>
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<action-date>2013-10-16</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Eliminating Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment Act of 2013 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish a breast cancer treatment quality performance system to: (1) assess and disclose publicly, through the use of quality measures, the quality of care provided for the treatment of breast cancer by specified health care providers; and (2) base payment to such providers for such treatment on their performance with respect to such measures.</p> <p>Requires reduced payments to providers that either do not submit data in accordance with the reporting process in the system, or furnish low quality care for treatment of breast cancer.</p>]]></summary-text>
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