MEDPAC STUDY AND REPORT ON QUALITY MEASURES.

SEC. 168. MEDPAC STUDY AND REPORT ON QUALITY MEASURES.(a) Study.—The Medicare Payment Advisory Commission shall conduct a study on how comparable measures of performance and patient experience can be collected and reported by 2011 for the Medicare Advantage program under part C of title XVIII of the Social Security Act and the original Medicare fee-for-service program under parts A and B of such title. Such study shall address technical issues, such as data requirements, in addition to issues relating to appropriate quality benchmarks that—(1) compare the quality of care Medicare beneficiaries receive across Medicare Advantage plans; and(2) compare the quality of care Medicare beneficiaries receive under Medicare Advantage plans and under the original Medicare fee-for-service program.(b) Report.—Not later than March 31, 2010, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the study conducted under subsection (a), together with recommendations for such legislation and 122 STAT. 2577 administrative action as the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission determines appropriate.