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124 STAT. 762 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 consumers (all items; United States city average) over the previous year.’’. (j) MEDICARE INTEGRITY PROGRAM AND MEDICAID INTEGRITY PROGRAM.— (1) MEDICARE INTEGRITY PROGRAM.— (A) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE PERFORMANCE STATIS- TICS.—Section 1893(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ddd(c)) is amended— (i) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; (ii) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5); and (iii) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph: ‘‘(4) the entity agrees to provide the Secretary and the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services with such performance statistics (including the number and amount of overpayments recovered, the number of fraud referrals, and the return on investment of such activities by the entity) as the Secretary or the Inspector General may request; and’’. (B) EVALUATIONS AND ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 1893 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ddd) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(i) EVALUATIONS AND ANNUAL REPORT.— ‘‘(1) EVALUATIONS.—The Secretary shall conduct evalua- tions of eligible entities which the Secretary contracts with under the Program not less frequently than every 3 years. ‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2011), the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress which identifies— ‘‘(A) the use of funds, including funds transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund under section 1817 and the Federal Supplementary Insurance Trust Fund under section 1841, to carry out this section; and ‘‘(B) the effectiveness of the use of such funds.’’. (C) FLEXIBILITY IN PURSUING FRAUD AND ABUSE.—Sec- tion 1893(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ddd(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, or otherwise,’’ after ‘‘entities’’. (2) MEDICAID INTEGRITY PROGRAM.— (A) REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE PERFORMANCE STATIS- TICS.—Section 1936(c)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u–6(c)(2)) is amended— (i) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subpara- graph (E); and (ii) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol- lowing new subparagraph: ‘‘(D) The entity agrees to provide the Secretary and the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services with such performance statistics (including the number and amount of overpayments recov- ered, the number of fraud referrals, and the return on investment of such activities by the entity) as the Secretary or the Inspector General may request.’’. (B) EVALUATIONS AND ANNUAL REPORT.—Section 1936(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396u–7(e)) is amended— 42 USC 1396u–6.