,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bdec  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,february #bg1 
#bjah,mr4 ,grassley introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xviii of   
the ,social ,security ,act to require   
hospitals to provide the ,secretary with
 information on the hospital's          
acquisition costs for #cdj;,b drugs and 
the total revenues received by the      
hospital for such drugs4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,ensuring the ,value of the #cdj;,b     
,program ,act of #bjah4  #b4 ,medicare  
requirement for hospitals regarding     
#cdj;,b drug information  7a7 ,in       
general ,section #ahff7;a77#a7 of the   
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acie;cc7a77#a77 is amended--  7#a7 in  
subparagraph 7,x71 by striking and at   
the end2  7#b7 in subparagraph 7,y71 by 
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 1 and2 and  7#c7 by inserting 

after subparagraph 7,y71 the following  
new subparagraph3  7,z7 in the case of a
 hospital that is a covered entity under
 subsection 7a77#d7 of section #cdj;,b  
of the ,public ,health ,service ,act1 to
 include in any cost report submitted to
 the ,secretary under this title        
information on--  7i7 the aggregate     
acquisition costs of the hospital for   
drugs acquired during the period covered
 by such cost report and for which the  
hospital received a discount under such 
section #cdj;,b2 and  7ii7 the aggregate
 revenues the hospital received from all
 payors for such drugs1 disaggregated by
 insurance status 7including the        
,medicare program1 the ,medicaid        
program1 the ,children's ,health        
,insurance ,program1 private health     
insurance1 and uninsured74  4  7b7      
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
subsection 7a7 shall apply to contracts 
entered into or renewed on or after the 
date of the enactment of this ,act4