On an annual basis (beginning with 2015), the Secretary shall make publicly available, in an easily understandable format, information with respect to physicians and, as appropriate, other eligible professionals on items and services furnished to Medicare beneficiaries under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.).
The information made available under this section shall be similar to the type of information in the Medicare Provider Utilization and Payment Data: Physician and Other Supplier Public Use File released by the Secretary with respect to 2012 and shall be made available in a manner similar to the manner in which the information in such file is made available.
The information made available under this section shall include, at a minimum, the following:
The information made available under this section shall be searchable by at least the following:
Beginning with 2016, the Secretary shall integrate the information made available under this section on Physician Compare.
In this section:
The terms "eligible professional", "physician", and "Secretary" have the meaning given such terms in section 1395w-5(i) of this title.
The term "Physician Compare" means the Physician Compare Internet website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (or a successor website).
42 U.S.C. § 1395w-6
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe Social Security Act, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (c)(1), is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620. Title XVIII of the Act is classified generally to this subchapter. Part B of title XVIII of the Act is classified generally to this part. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of this title and Tables.
CODIFICATION Section was enacted as part of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, and not as part of the Social Security Act which comprises this chapter.
- Secretary
- The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.1See References in Text note below.