124 STAT. 388 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 ‘‘(C) support the provision of timely, consistent quality and resource use information to health care providers, and other groups and organizations as appropriate, with an opportunity for providers to correct inaccurate measures; and ‘‘(D) agree to report, as determined by the Secretary, measures on quality and resource use to the public in accordance with the public reporting process established under section 399JJ. ‘‘(c) CONSISTENT DATA AGGREGATION.—The Secretary may award grants or contracts under this section only to entities that enable summary data that can be integrated and compared across multiple sources. The Secretary shall provide standards for the protection of the security and privacy of patient data. ‘‘(d) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Secretary may not award a grant or contract under this section to an entity unless the entity agrees that it will make available (directly or through contributions from other public or private entities) non-Federal contributions toward the activities to be carried out under the grant or contract in an amount equal to $1 for each $5 of Federal funds provided under the grant or contract. Such non-Federal matching funds may be provided directly or through donations from public or private entities and may be in cash or in-kind, fairly evaluated, including plant, equipment, or services. ‘‘(e) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry out this sec- tion, there are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2010 through 2014. ‘‘SEC. 399JJ. PUBLIC REPORTING OF PERFORMANCE INFORMATION. ‘‘(a) DEVELOPMENT OF PERFORMANCE WEBSITES.—The Secretary shall make available to the public, through standardized Internet websites, performance information summarizing data on quality measures. Such information shall be tailored to respond to the differing needs of hospitals and other institutional health care pro- viders, physicians and other clinicians, patients, consumers, researchers, policymakers, States, and other stakeholders, as the Secretary may specify. ‘‘(b) INFORMATION ON CONDITIONS.—The performance informa- tion made publicly available on an Internet website, as described in subsection (a), shall include information regarding clinical condi- tions to the extent such information is available, and the informa- tion shall, where appropriate, be provider-specific and sufficiently disaggregated and specific to meet the needs of patients with dif- ferent clinical conditions. ‘‘(c) CONSULTATION.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out this section, the Sec- retary shall consult with the entity with a contract under section 1890(a) of the Social Security Act, and other entities, as appropriate, to determine the type of information that is useful to stakeholders and the format that best facilitates use of the reports and of performance reporting Internet websites. ‘‘(2) CONSULTATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS.—The entity with a contract under section 1890(a) of the Social Security Act shall convene multi-stakeholder groups, as described in such section, to review the design and format of each Internet website made available under subsection (a) and shall transmit Web posting. 42 USC 280j–2. Standards.
