Sec. 747. GAO REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM AND IMPACTS OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACTIONS
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## SEC. 747 GAO REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM AND IMPACTS OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACTIONS Not later than January 1, 2021, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives a report containing the following: ####
(1)An assessment of the effectiveness of the quality assurance program of the Department of Defense in querying and monitoring the National Practitioner Data Bank established pursuant to the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11101 et seq.) with respect to— #####
(A)recruitment and retention of military service medical providers; #####
(B)hiring or contracting of civilian medical providers in military medical treatment facilities; #####
(C)recording of adverse privileging and credentialing actions of such military service medical providers and civilian medical providers; and #####
(D)any other matters relating to ensuring the highest quality of care is provided throughout the military health system. ####
(2)An analysis that includes— #####
(A)with respect to military health system patients, a comparison of outcomes for such patients who may bring an action against the Federal Government for negligence or malpractice and outcomes for such patients who may not bring such an action, based on an examination of all relevant data relating to clinical outcome measures and clinical quality management process actions; and #####
(B)a comparison of— ######
(i)the elements and average amounts of death and disability compensation that apply regardless of the underlying cause of the death or disability; and ######
(ii)the elements and average amounts of settlements that result from medical malpractice litigation against the Federal Government.
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GAO REPORT ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE QUALITY ASSURANCE PROGRAM AND IMPACTS OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE ACTIONS
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