CSPAN Capitol Hill Hearings December 14, 2012
Specifically subsection 8 of 1311 would allow the secretary to prevent physicians treating patients in exchanges unless they implement such mechanisms to improve Health Care Quality the secretary may require. Physicians must follow quality directives as defined by the secretary or lose their business. Mr. Smith, are you aware of this provision . I am not familiar with that section. Let me ask you this. In this provision, you may not know this either, but the word quality is not defined in the statute. It is safe to assume that the secretary, not just secretary sebelius, but every secretary to ...