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124 STAT. 364 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘2010’’ and inserting ‘‘2014’’; and (B) in subparagraph (B)— (i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (ii) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (iii) by adding at the end the following new clauses: ‘‘(iii) for 2011, 1.0 percent; and ‘‘(iv) for 2012, 2013, and 2014, 0.5 percent.’’; (2) in paragraph (3)— (A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting ‘‘(or, for purposes of subsection (a)(8), for the quality reporting period for the year)’’ after ‘‘reporting period’’; and (B) in subparagraph (C)(i), by inserting ‘‘, or, for pur- poses of subsection (a)(8), for a quality reporting period for the year’’ after ‘‘(a)(5), for a reporting period for a year’’; (3) in paragraph (5)(E)(iv), by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(5)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (5)(A) and (8)(A) of subsection (a)’’; and (4) in paragraph (6)(C)— (A) in clause (i)(II), by striking ‘‘, 2009, 2010, and 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘and subsequent years’’; and (B) in clause (iii)— (i) by inserting ‘‘(a)(8)’’ after ‘‘(a)(5)’’; and (ii) by striking ‘‘under subparagraph (D)(iii) of such subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘under subsection (a)(5)(D)(iii) or the quality reporting period under sub- section (a)(8)(D)(iii), respectively’’. (b) INCENTIVE PAYMENT ADJUSTMENT FOR QUALITY REPORTING.—Section 1848(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ‘‘(8) INCENTIVES FOR QUALITY REPORTING.— ‘‘(A) ADJUSTMENT.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—With respect to covered profes- sional services furnished by an eligible professional during 2015 or any subsequent year, if the eligible professional does not satisfactorily submit data on quality measures for covered professional services for the quality reporting period for the year (as determined under subsection (m)(3)(A)), the fee schedule amount for such services furnished by such professional during the year (including the fee schedule amount for pur- poses of determining a payment based on such amount) shall be equal to the applicable percent of the fee schedule amount that would otherwise apply to such services under this subsection (determined after application of paragraphs (3), (5), and (7), but without regard to this paragraph). ‘‘(ii) APPLICABLE PERCENT.—For purposes of clause (i), the term ‘applicable percent’ means— ‘‘(I) for 2015, 98.5 percent; and ‘‘(II) for 2016 and each subsequent year, 98 percent.