Sec. 713. Expansion of evaluation of effectiveness of the TRICARE program to include information on patient safety, quality of care, and access to care at military medical treatment facilities
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Section 717(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 ( Public Law 104–106 ; 10 U.S.C. 1073 note)) is amended— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), in the second sentence, by striking address ; in paragraph (1)— by inserting address before the impact of ; and by striking ; and and inserting a semicolon; in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: address patient safety, quality of care, and access to care at military medical treatment facilities, including— an identification of the number of practitioners providing health care in military medical treatment facilities that were reported to the National Practitioner Data Bank during the year preceding the evaluation; and with respect to each military medical treatment facility, an assessment of— the current accreditation status of such facility, including any recommendations for corrective action made by the relevant accrediting body; any policies or procedures implemented during such year by the Secretary of the military department concerned that were designed to improve patient safety, quality of care, and access to care at such facility; data on surgical and maternity care outcomes during such year; data on appointment wait times during such year; and data on patient safety, quality of care, and access to care as compared to standards established by the Department of Defense with respect to patient safety, quality of care, and access to care. .
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Expansion of evaluation of effectiveness of the TRICARE program to include information on patient safety, quality of care, and access to care at military medical treatment facilities
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