124 STAT. 378 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 how such policies could impact quality of patient care, patient safety, and spending under the Medicare program. (2) REPORT.—Not later than January 1, 2012, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study conducted under paragraph (1), together with rec- ommendations for such legislation and administrative action as the Secretary determines appropriate. PART II—NATIONAL STRATEGY TO IMPROVE HEALTH CARE QUALITY SEC. 3011. NATIONAL STRATEGY. Title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘PART S—HEALTH CARE QUALITY PROGRAMS ‘‘Subpart I—National Strategy for Quality Improvement in Health Care ‘‘SEC. 399HH. NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR QUALITY IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTH CARE. ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL STRATEGY AND PRIORITIES.— ‘‘(1) NATIONAL STRATEGY.—The Secretary, through a trans- parent collaborative process, shall establish a national strategy to improve the delivery of health care services, patient health outcomes, and population health. ‘‘(2) IDENTIFICATION OF PRIORITIES.— ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall identify national priorities for improvement in developing the strategy under paragraph (1). ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall ensure that priorities identified under subparagraph (A) will— ‘‘(i) have the greatest potential for improving the health outcomes, efficiency, and patient-centeredness of health care for all populations, including children and vulnerable populations; ‘‘(ii) identify areas in the delivery of health care services that have the potential for rapid improvement in the quality and efficiency of patient care; ‘‘(iii) address gaps in quality, efficiency, compara- tive effectiveness information, and health outcomes measures and data aggregation techniques; ‘‘(iv) improve Federal payment policy to emphasize quality and efficiency; ‘‘(v) enhance the use of health care data to improve quality, efficiency, transparency, and outcomes; ‘‘(vi) address the health care provided to patients with high-cost chronic diseases; ‘‘(vii) improve research and dissemination of strate- gies and best practices to improve patient safety and reduce medical errors, preventable admissions and re- admissions, and health care-associated infections; ‘‘(viii) reduce health disparities across health dis- parity populations (as defined in section 485E) and geographic areas; and 42 USC 280j.
