[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5779 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5779

    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the 
    Secretary to establish a technical expert panel for purposes of 
    evaluating the use of opioid-related quality measures under the 
                           Medicare program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 11, 2018

Mr. Paulsen (for himself and Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
 Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require the 
    Secretary to establish a technical expert panel for purposes of 
    evaluating the use of opioid-related quality measures under the 
                           Medicare program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Promoting Quality of Care in Pain 
Management Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. REQUIRING THE REVIEW OF QUALITY MEASURES RELATING TO OPIOIDS 
              AND OPIOID USE DISORDER TREATMENTS FURNISHED UNDER THE 
              MEDICARE PROGRAM AND OTHER FEDERAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1890A of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395aaa-1) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(g) Technical Expert Panel Review of Opioid and Opioid Use 
Disorder Quality Measures.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall 
        establish a technical expert panel for purposes of reviewing 
        quality measures relating to opioids and opioid use disorders, 
        including care, prevention, diagnosis, health outcomes, and 
        treatment furnished to individuals with opioid use disorders. 
        The Secretary may elect to establish such panel through a 
        contract with the consensus-based entity with a contract in 
        effect under section 1890.
            ``(2) Review and assessment.--Not later than 1 year after 
        the date the technical expert panel described in paragraph (1) 
        is established (and periodically thereafter as the Secretary 
        determines appropriate), the technical expert panel shall--
                    ``(A) review quality measures that relate to 
                opioids and opioid use disorders, including existing 
                measures and those under development;
                    ``(B) identify gaps in areas of quality measurement 
                that relate to opioids and opioid use disorders, and 
                identify measure development priorities for such 
                measure gaps; and
                    ``(C) make recommendations to the Secretary on 
                quality measures with respect to opioids and opioid use 
                disorders for purposes of improving care, prevention, 
                diagnosis, health outcomes, and treatment, including 
                recommendations for revisions of such measures, need 
                for development of new measures, and recommendations 
                for including such measures in quality reporting 
                programs, value-based purchasing programs, accountable 
                care organizations, and alternative payment models 
                under this title.
            ``(3) Consideration of measures by secretary.--The 
        Secretary shall consider--
                    ``(A) using opioid and opioid use disorder measures 
                (including measures used under the Merit-Based 
                Incentive Payment System under section 1848(q), 
                measures recommended under paragraph (2)(C), and other 
                such measures identified by the Secretary) in 
                Alternative Payment Models under section 1833(z)(3)(C) 
                and in the Shared Savings Program under section 1899; 
                and
                    ``(B) using opioid measures described in 
                subparagraph (A), as applicable, in the Hospital 
                Inpatient Quality Reporting program under section 
                1886(b)(3)(B)(viii), in the hospital value-based 
                purchasing program under section 1886(o), and under 
                other value-based purchasing programs under this title.
            ``(4) Prioritization of measure development.--The Secretary 
        shall prioritize for measure development the gaps in quality 
        measures identified under paragraph (2)(C).''.
    (b) Expedited Endorsement Process for Opioid Measures.--Section 
1890(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395aaa(b)(2)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new flush sentence:
        ``Such endorsement process shall, as determined practicable by 
        the entity, provide for an expedited process with respect to 
        the endorsement of measures relating to opioids and opioid use 
        disorders.''.
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