A bill to provide for the establishment of a clearinghouse and for studies on how to collect and analyze statistics and other information on the aggregate cost, utilization, and quality of health care services in order to provide for greater efficiency and quality in the purchase of health care services.
Health Care Systems Clearinghouse Act of 1985 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants for the establishment and operation of a clearinghouse on aggregate health care data and analytic programs.
Sets forth the functions of the clearinghouse which includes: (1) identifying individuals and organizations that have experience with the collection of aggregate health care data; (2) collecting information on methods for collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and disseminating such information; and (3) providing technical assistance in the use of such data.
Prohibits funding for the operation of a clearinghouse after the end of the five-fiscal-year period beginning with FY 1986, unless extended by the Congress.
Directs the Secretary to conduct studies on: (1) making aggregate health care data on the medicare program and the Federal Employees Health Benefits program more widely available; (2) applying existing analytic programs to the analysis of such data; (3) proposed changes in the aggregate health care data collected in the process of implementing Federal health care programs; and (4) proposed changes in the analytic program used to analyze such data. Requires the Secretary to transmit to the Congress a report on each study within six months of enactment of this Act.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
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