RENAL DIALYSIS-RELATED SERVICES.

SEC. 4558. RENAL DIALYSIS-RELATED SERVICES. (a) Auditing of Cost Reports.—Beginning with cost reports for 1996, the Secretary shall audit cost reports of each renal dialysis provider at least once every 3 years. (b) Implementation of Quality Standards.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall develop, by not later than 111 STAT. 464January 1, 1999, and implement, by not later than January 1, 2000, a method to measure and report quality of renal dialysis services provided under the medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act.