,i  #aahth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gfeb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ac1 #bjbd,mr4
 ,ciscomani 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,davis of
 ,north ,carolina1 ,mrs4 ,harshbarger1  
and ,mr4 ,huizenga7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and 
in addition to the ,committee on ,energy
 and ,commerce1 for a period to be      
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to increase oversight and   
transparency with respect to ,medicare  
billing codes4  #a4 ,short title ,this  
,act may be cited as the ,oversight of  
,medicare ,billing ,code ,cost ,act4    
#b4 ,increasing oversight and           
transparency with respect to ,medicare  
billing codes  7a7 ,,hhs ,,oig study and
 report  7#a7 ,study ,the ,inspector    
,general of the ,department of ,health  
and ,human ,services shall conduct a    

comprehensive study of the processes    
used by the ,centers for ,medicare      
,medicaid ,services for adding1         
modifying1 and removing billing codes   
under the ,medicare program under title 
,,xviii of the ,social ,security ,act   
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acie et seq474 ,such    
study shall include an analysis of--    
7,a7 the level and types of data and    
analysis considered2  7,b7 trends in the
 number and types of codes added1       
modified1 removed1 or revalued2  7,c7   
areas or specialties with the highest   
growth2 and  7,d7 efforts by the        
,centers for ,medicare  ,medicaid       
,services to monitor effects on         
outcomes1 costs over time1 and other    
issues4  7#b7 ,report ,not later than   
#ab months after the date of enactment  
of this ,act1 the ,inspector ,general   
shall submit to ,congress a report      
containing the results of the study     
conducted under paragraph 7#a71 together
 with recommendations for such          
legislation and administrative action   

the ,inspector ,general determines      
appropriate to improve transparency and 
oversight of the processes described in 
such paragraph4  7b7 ,annual reporting  
on new ,medicare billing codes ,not     
later than ,june #a of each year        
7beginning with #bjbd71 the ,secretary  
of ,health and ,human ,services shall   
submit to ,congress and make publicly   
available on the internet website of the
 ,centers for ,medicare  ,medicaid      
,services a report listing any billing  
codes added under the ,medicare program 
under title ,,xviii of the ,social      
,security ,act during the preceding     
year1 along with the associated volume  
and expenditures for such codes under   
the ,medicare program4