,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aahj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ah1     
#bjac ,mr4 ,grassley 7for himself1 ,mr4 
,wyden1 and ,mr4 ,bennet7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was read twice   
and referred to the ,committee on       
,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title    
,,xi of the ,social ,security ,act to   
provide for the public availability of  
,medicare claims data4  #a4 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the         
,medicare ,data ,access for             
,transparency and ,accountability ,act4 
#b4 ,public availability of medicare    
claims data  7a7 ,in general ,section   
#aabh;,j of the ,social ,security ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acbj;a-#gk7 is amended  
by adding at the end the following new  
subsection3  7f7 ,public availability of
 medicare claims data  7#a7 ,in general 
,the ,secretary shall1 to the extent    
consistent with applicable information1 
privacy1 security1 and disclosure laws1 
including the regulations promulgated   

under the ,health ,insurance            
,portability and ,accountability ,act of
 #aiif and section #eeb;a of title #e1  
,united ,states ,code1 make available to
 the public claims and payment data of  
the ,department of ,health and ,human   
,services related to title ,,xviii1     
including data on payments made to any  
provider of services or supplier under  
such title4  7#b7 ,implementation  7,a7 
,in general ,not later than ,december   
#ca1 #bjad1 the ,secretary shall        
promulgate regulations to carry out this
 subsection4  7,b7 ,requirements ,the   
regulations promulgated under           
subparagraph 7,a7 shall ensure that--   
7i7 the data described in paragraph 7#a7
 is made available to the public through
 a searchable database that the public  
can access at no cost2  7ii7 such       
database--  7,i7 includes the amount    
paid to each provider of services or    
supplier under title ,,xviii1 the items 
or services for which such payment was  
made1 and the location of the provider  

of services or supplier2  7,,ii7 is     
organized based on the specialty or the 
type of provider of services or supplier
 involved2  7,,iii7 is searchable based 
on the type of items or services        
furnished2 and  7,,iv7 includes a       
disclaimer that the aggregate data in   
the database does not reflect on the    
quality of the items or services        
furnished or of the provider of services
 or supplier who furnished the items or 
services2 and  7iii7 each provider of   
services or supplier in the database is 
identified by a unique identifier that  
is available to the public 7such as the 
,national ,provider ,identifier of the  
provider of services or supplier74  7,c7
 ,scope of data ,the database shall     
include data for fiscal year #bjad1 and 
each fiscal year thereafter4  4  7b7    
,information not exempt under the       
,freedom of ,information ,act ,the term 
personnel and medical files and similar 
files the disclosure of which would     
constitute a clearly unwarranted        

invasion of personal privacy1 as used in
 section #eeb7;b77#f7 of title #e1      
,united ,states ,code1 does not include 
the information required to be made     
available to the public under section   
#aabh;,j7f7 of the ,social ,security    
,act1 as added by subsection 7a74