§280j. National strategy for quality improvement in health care — Inbound Citations

Citations to 42 U.S.C. § 280j as a whole

• 42 U.S.C. § 299b–31(b)(1)

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  (1) The Secretary, in consultation with the Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, shall identify, not less often than triennially, gaps where no quality measures exist and existing quality measures that need improvement, updating, or expansion, consistent with the national strategy under section 280j of this title, to the extent available, for use in Federal health programs. In identifying such gaps and existing quality measures that need improvement, the Secretary shall take into consideration—

  (A) the gaps identified by the entity with a contract under section 1890(a) of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1395aaa(a)] and other stakeholders;

  (B) quality measures identified by the pediatric quality measures program under section 1139A of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1320b–9a]; and

  (C) quality measures identified through the Medicaid Quality Measurement Program under section 1139B of the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1320b–9b].
• 42 U.S.C. § 299b–33(c)(2)(A)

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  (A) address the priorities identified by the Secretary in the national strategic plan established under section 280j of this title;
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395aaa(b)(5)(A)(i)(IV)

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  (IV) gaps in endorsed quality measures, which shall include measures that are within priority areas identified by the Secretary under the national strategy established under section 280j of this title, and where quality measures are unavailable or inadequate to identify or address such gaps;
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395aaa(b)(5)(A)(i)(V)

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  (V) areas in which evidence is insufficient to support endorsement of quality measures in priority areas identified by the Secretary under the national strategy established under section 280j of this title and where targeted research may address such gaps; and
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395aaa(b)(7)(A)(ii)

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  (ii) national priorities (as identified under section 280j of this title) for improvement in population health and in the delivery of health care services for consideration under the national strategy established under section 280j of this title.
• 42 U.S.C. § 1395aaa–1(b)(1)(B)

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  (B) The dissemination of such quality and efficiency measures through the national strategy developed under section 280j of this title.