MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PART B.

SEC. 4164. MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO PART B. (a) Extension of Demonstrations.— (1) Prevention demonstrations.— Section 9314 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended by section 9344 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986, is amended— (A) in subsection (a), by striking “4-year” and inserting “5-year”; (B) in subsection (e)(2), by striking “Not later than five years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a final report” and inserting “Not later than April 1, 1993, the Secretary shall submit an interim report”; (C) in subsection (e), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: “(3) Not later than April 1, 1995, the Secretary shall submit a final report to those Committees on the demonstration program and shall include in the report a comprehensive evaluation of the long-term effects of the program.”.1717So in original. Probably should be “program.”.; (D) in subsection (f), by striking “$5,900,000” and inserting “$7,500,000”; and 104 STAT. 1388–101 (E) in subsection (0, by inserting before the period at the end the following: “and shall not exceed $3,000,000 for the comprehensive evaluation referred to in subsection (e)(3)”. (2) Alzheimer’s disease demonstration projects.— Section 9342 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986 is amended— (A) in subsection (c)(D, by striking “3 years” and inserting “4 years”; (B) in subsection (d)(D, by striking “third year” and inserting “fourth year”; (C) in subsection (f)— (i) by striking “$40,000,000” and inserting “$55,000,000”, and (ii) by striking “$2,000,000” and inserting “$3,000,000”. (b) Disclosure of Ownership.— (1) In general.—Title )(I of the Social Security Act is amended by inserting after section 1124 the following new section: “disclosure requirements for other providers under part b of medicare “Sec. 1124A. (a) Disclosure Required to Receive Payment.—No payment may be made under part B of title XVIII for items or services furnished by any disclosing part B provider unless such provider has provided the Secretary with full and complete information— (1) ) on the identity of each person with an ownership or control interest in the provider or in any subcontractor {as defined by the Secretary in regulations) in which the provider directly or indirectly has a 5 percent or more ownership interest; and (2) ) with respect to any person identified under paragraph (1) or any managing employee of the provider— (A) on the identity of any other entities providing items or services for which payment may be made under title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to which such person or managing employee is a person with an owner-ship or control interest at the time such information is supplied or at any time during the 3-year period ending on the date such information is supplied, and “(B) as to whether any penalties, assessments, or exclusions have been assessed against such person or managing employee under section 1128,1128A, or 1128B. “(b) Updates to Information Supplied.—A disclosing part B provider shall notify the Secretary of any changes or updates to the information supplied under subsection (a) not later than 180 days after such changes or updates take effect. “(c) Definitions.—For purposes of this section— “(1) the term ‘disclosing part B provider’ means any entity receiving payment on an assignment-related basis for furnishing items or services for which payment may be made under part B of title XVIII, except that such term does not include an entity described in section 1124(a)(2); “(2) the term ‘managing employee’ means, with respect to a provider, a person described in section 1126(b); and 104 STAT. 1388–102 “(3) the term ‘person with an ownership or control interest’ means, with respect to a provider— “(A) a person described in section 1124(a)(3), or “(B) a person who has one of the 5 largest direct or indirect ownership or control interests in the provider.”. (2) Criminal penalty for providing false information.—Section 1128B(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7b(c)) is amended by striking “health care program” and inserting “health care program, or with respect to information required to be provided under section 1124A,”. (3) Failure to provide information as grounds for permissive exclusion from program.—Section 1128(b)(9) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7(b)(9)) is amended by striking “1124” and inserting “1124, section 1124A,”. (4) Effective date.— The amendments made by paragraph (1), (2), and (3) shall apply with respect to items or services furnished on or after— (A) January 1, 1993, in the case of items or services furnished by a provider who, on or before the date of the enactment of this Act, has furnished items or services for which payment may be made under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act; or (B) January 1, 1992, in the case of items or services furnished by any other provider. (c) Directory of Unique Physician Identifier Numbers.—Not later than March 31, 1991, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall publish a directory of the unique physician identification numbers of all physicians providing services for which payment may be made under part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act, and shall include in such directory the names, provider numbers, and billing addresses of all listed physicians.