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104 STAT. 1388-70 PUBLIC LAW 101-508 —NOV. 5, 1990 42 USC 1395/. 42 USC 1395W-4 note. 42 USC 1395/ note. 42 USC 1395u note. 42 USC 1395m note. 42 USC 1395u note. 42 USC 1395W-1 note. 42 USC 1395u note. 42 USC 1395m note. 42 USC 1395WW note. (D) Section 1833(a)(1)(H) of the Social Security Act, as amended by section 6102(e)(5) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, is amended by striking ", as the case may be". (E) Section 6102(e)(ll) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 is amended by inserting "of Health and Human Services" after "Secretary". (F) Effective as if included in the enactment of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989, section 922(d)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 299c-l(d)(l)) is amended— (i) by inserting "(other than of dissemination activities)" after "evaluations", and (ii) by inserting "research, demonstration projects, or evaluations of after "applications with respect to". (g) REPEAL OF REPORTS NO LONGER REQUIRED. — (1) Subsection (b) of section 4043 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 is repealed. (2) Subsection (c) of section 4048 of such Act is repealed. (3) Section 4049(b)(l) of such Act is amended by striking ", and shall report" and all that follows up to the period at the end. (4) Section 4056(a)(1) of such Act, as redesignated by section 411(f)(14) of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988, is amended by striking the last sentence. (5) Section 4056(b)(2) of such Act is amended by striking the second sentence. (h) ADJUSTMENT OF EFFECTIVE DATES.—Effective as if included in the enactment of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987— (1) section 4048(b) of such Act is amended by striking "January 1, 1989" and inserting "March 1, 1989", and (2) section 4049(b)(2) of such Act is amended by striking "January 1, 1989" and inserting "April 1, 1989". (i) TRANSFER OF PROVISION INTO TITLE XVIII.— (1) Section 1842 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(r) The Secretary shall establish a system which provides for a unique identifier for each physician who furnishes services for which payment may be made under this title.". (2) Section 9202 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 is amended by striking subsection (g). a) PPRC—(1) Section 1845 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-l) is amended— (A) in subsection (a)(3), by striking "include physicians" and inserting "include (but need not be limited to) physicians"; (B) by striking subsection (b)(3); (C) in subsection (b)(2)— (i) by striking "and" at the end of subparagraph (H), (ii) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (I) and inserting a semicolon, (iii) by striking subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (F), (iv) by redesignating subparagraphs (D), (E), (G), (H), and (I) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), (D), and (E), and (v) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: "(F) make recommendations regarding major issues in the implementation of the resource-based relative value scale established under section 1848(c);