Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 101 Part 2.djvu/924

 101 STAT. 1330-130

PUBLIC LAW 100-203—DEC. 22, 1987

SEC. 4085. MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL PROVISIONS. (a) PROMPT SUBMITTAL OF DATA BY SECRETARY.—Section 1845

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the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-l) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(f)(1) Not later than October 1st of each year (beginning with 1988), the Secretary shall transmit to the Physician Payment Review Commission, to the Congressional Budget Office, and to the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress national data (known as the Part B Medicare Annual Data System) for the previous year respecting part B of this title. "(2) In order to ensure that the data are available for transmittal under paragraph (1) on a timely basis, the Secretary shall require, in the standards and criteria established under section 1842(b)(2), that carriers submit data for a year under the system referred to in paragraph (1) not later than July 1st of the following year. "(3) The Secretary, in consultation with the Physician Payment Review Commission, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress, shall establish and annually revise standards for the data reporting system described in paragraph (1). "(4) The Secretary shall also provide to the entities described in paragraph (1) additional data respecting the program under this part as may be reasonably requested by them on an agreed-upon schedule. "(5) The Secretary shall develop, in consultation with the Physician Payment Review Commission, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress, a system for providing to each of such entities on a quarterly basis summary data on aggregate expenditures under this part by type of service and by type of provider. Such data shall be provided not later than 90 days after the end of each quarter (for quarters beginning with the calendar quarter ending on March 31, 1989).". (b) CLARIFICATION OF PENALTIES FOR UNASSIGNED LABORATORY SERVICES.—

42 USC 1395/ note.

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1833(h)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 13951(h)(5)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: "(D) If a person knowingly and willfully and on a repeated basis bills an individual enrolled under this part for charges for a clinical diagnostic laboratory test for which payment may only be made on an assignment-related basis under subparagraph (C), the Secretary may apply sanctions against the person in the same manner as the Secretary may apply sanctions against a physician in accordance with section 1842(j)(2).". (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply to procedures performed on or after January 1, 1988. (c) EXTENSION OF MORATORIUM ON LABORATORY PAYMENT DEM-

42 USC 1395WW note.

ONSTRATION.—Section 9204(a) of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended by section 9339(e) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, is amended by striking "January 1, 1988" and inserting "January 1, 1989". (d) PROMPT PAYMENT FOR HABIUTATION FACILITIES.—

COMPREHENSIVE OUTPATIENT

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(1) Section 1816(c)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395h(c)(2)(C)) is amended by striking "or hospice program" and

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