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agement Account for each of fiscal years 2019 
through 2021. Amounts transferred under the 
preceding sentence shall remain available until 
expended. 
‘‘(7) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sub-
section shall be construed as granting the Secretary 
the authority to develop or initiate the development 
of clinical practice guidelines or appropriate use cri-
teria.’’. 
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1833(t)(16) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395l(t)(16)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) APPLICATION OF APPROPRIATE USE 
CRITERIA FOR CERTAIN IMAGING SERVICES.— 
For provisions relating to the application of ap-
propriate use criteria for certain imaging serv-
ices, see section 1834(p).’’. 
(c) REPORT ON EXPERIENCE OF IMAGING APPRO-
PRIATE USE CRITERIA PROGRAM.—Not later than 18 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 
Congress a report that includes a description of the extent 
to which appropriate use criteria could be used for other 
services under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security 
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Act (42 U.S.C. 1395j et seq.), such as radiation therapy 
and clinical diagnostic laboratory services. 
SEC. 7. EMPOWERING BENEFICIARY CHOICES THROUGH 
ACCESS TO INFORMATION ON PHYSICIANS’ 
SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make publicly 
available on Physician Compare the information described 
in subsection (b) with respect to eligible professionals. 
(b) INFORMATION DESCRIBED.—The following infor-
mation, with respect to an eligible professional, is de-
scribed in this subsection: 
(1) Information on the number of services fur-
nished by the eligible professional under part B of 
title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395j et seq.), which may include information on the 
most frequent services furnished or groupings of 
services. 
(2) Information on submitted charges and pay-
ments for services under such part. 
(3) A unique identifier for the eligible profes-
sional that is available to the public, such as a na-
tional provider identifier. 
(c) SEARCHABILITY.—The information made avail-
able under this section shall be searchable by at least the 
following: 
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(1) The specialty or type of the eligible profes-
sional. 
(2) Characteristics of the services furnished, 
such as volume or groupings of services. 
(3) The location of the eligible professional. 
(d) DISCLOSURE.—The information made available 
under this section shall indicate, where appropriate, that 
publicized information may not be representative of the 
eligible professional’s entire patient population, the variety 
of services furnished by the eligible professional, or the 
health conditions of individuals treated. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) 
INITIAL
IMPLEMENTATION.—Physician 
Compare shall include the information described in 
subsection (b)— 
(A) with respect to physicians, by not later 
than July 1, 2015; and 
(B) with respect to other eligible profes-
sionals, by not later than July 1, 2016. 
(2) 
ANNUAL
UPDATING.—The 
information 
made available under this section shall be updated 
on Physician Compare not less frequently than on 
an annual basis. 
(f) OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW AND SUBMIT CORREC-
TIONS.—The Secretary shall provide for an opportunity 
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for an eligible professional to review, and submit correc-
tions for, the information to be made public with respect 
to the eligible professional under this section prior to such 
information being made public. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE PROFESSIONAL; PHYSICIAN; SEC-
RETARY.—The terms ‘‘eligible professional’’, ‘‘physi-
cian’’, and ‘‘Secretary’’ have the meaning given such 
terms in section 10331(i) of Public Law 111–148. 
(2) PHYSICIAN COMPARE.—The term ‘‘Physi-
cian Compare’’ means the Physician Compare Inter-
net website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services (or a successor website). 
SEC. 8. EXPANDING AVAILABILITY OF MEDICARE DATA. 
(a) EXPANDING USES
OF MEDICARE DATA
BY 
QUALIFIED ENTITIES.— 
(1) ADDITIONAL ANALYSES.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), to the extent consistent with appli-
cable information, privacy, security, and disclo-
sure laws (including paragraph (3)), notwith-
standing paragraph (4)(B) of section 1874(e) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395kk(e)) 
and the second sentence of paragraph (4)(D) of 
such section, beginning July 1, 2015, a quali-
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fied entity may use the combined data described 
in paragraph (4)(B)(iii) of such section received 
by such entity under such section, and informa-
tion derived from the evaluation described in 
such paragraph (4)(D), to conduct additional 
non-public analyses (as determined appropriate 
by the Secretary) and provide or sell such anal-
yses to authorized users for non-public use (in-
cluding for the purposes of assisting providers 
of services and suppliers to develop and partici-
pate in quality and patient care improvement 
activities, including developing new models of 
care). 
(B) LIMITATIONS WITH RESPECT TO ANAL-
YSES.— 
(i) EMPLOYERS.—Any analyses pro-
vided or sold under subparagraph (A) to 
an 
employer 
described 
in 
paragraph 
(9)(A)(iii) may only be used by such em-
ployer for purposes of providing health in-
surance to employees and retirees of the 
employer. 
(ii) HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUERS.—A 
qualified entity may not provide or sell an 
analysis to a health insurance issuer de-
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