#aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4   
,r4 #egbc  ,,an ,,act  ,to require the  
,medicare ,payment ,advisory ,commission
 to report on opioid payment1 adverse   
incentives1 and data under the ,medicare
 program4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,expanding          
,oversight of ,opioid ,prescribing and  
,payment ,act of #bjah4  #b4 ,medicare  
,payment ,advisory ,commission report on
 opioid payment1 adverse incentives1 and
 data under the ,medicare program ,not  
later than ,march #ae1 #bjai1 the       
,medicare ,payment ,advisory ,commission
 shall submit to ,congress a report on1 
with respect to the ,medicare program   
under title ,,xviii of the ,social      
,security ,act1 the following3  7#a7 ,a 
description of how the ,medicare program
 pays for pain management treatments    
7both opioid and non-opioid pain        
management alternatives7 in both        
inpatient and outpatient hospital       
settings4  7#b7 ,the identification of  
incentives under the hospital inpatient 

prospective payment system under section
 #ahhf of the ,social ,security ,act    
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acieww7 and incentives  
under the hospital outpatient           
prospective payment system under section
 #ahcc7t7 of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#aciel7t77 for prescribing opioids and  
incentives under each such system for   
prescribing non-opioid treatments1 and  
recommendations as the ,commission deems
 appropriate for addressing any of such 
incentives that are adverse incentives4 
7#c7 ,a description of how opioid use is
 tracked and monitored through ,medicare
 claims data and other mechanisms and   
the identification of any areas in which
 further data and methods are needed for
 improving data and understanding of    
opioid use4  #c4 ,no additional funds   
authorized ,no additional funds are     
authorized to be appropriated to carry  
out the requirements of this ,act4 ,such
 requirements shall be carried out using
 amounts otherwise authorized to be     
appropriated4  ,passed the ,house of    

,representatives ,june #ai1             
#bjah4;,clerk4