No provision. Conference agreement The conference agreement expands the work of quality improvement organizations (QIOs) to include Part C and Part D. It is required to offer providers, practitioners, MA organizations, and PDP sponsors quality improvement assistance pertaining to prescription drug therapy. The secretary is to request the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study of the QIO program including an evaluation of the program and the extent to which other entities could perform similar quality improvement functions as well as or better than QI0s. The Secretary will report to Congress on such study by June 1, 2006. If the Secretary finds, based on the study, that other entities could improve quality as well as or better than QI0s, the Secretary shall provide increased competition through such entities. Conflict of Interest Study (Section 110 of Conference agreement). Present Law No provision. House Bill No provision. Senate Bill
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