Sec. 243. Quality measures for certain post-acute care providers relating to notice and transfer of patient health information and patient care preferences

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The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the Secretary ) shall provide for the development of one or more quality measures under title XVIII of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq. ) to accurately communicate the existence and provide for the transfer of patient health information and patient care preferences when an individual transitions from a hospital to return home or move to other post-acute care settings. The Secretary shall arrange for the development of such measures by appropriate measure developers.

The Secretary shall arrange for such developed measures to be submitted for endorsement to a consensus-based entity as described in section 1890(a) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395aaa(a) ), as amended by section 208. The Secretary shall, through notice and comment rulemaking, use such measures under the quality reporting programs with respect to— inpatient hospitals under section 1886(b)(3)(B)(viii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)(B)(viii) ); skilled nursing facilities under section 1888(e) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395yy(e) ); home health services under section 1895(b)(3)(B)(v) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395fff(b)(3)(B)(v) ); and other providers of services (as defined in section 1861(u) of such Act) and suppliers (as defined in section 1861(d) of such Act) that the Secretary determines appropriate.

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Quality measures for certain post-acute care providers relating to notice and transfer of patient health information and patient care preferences

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