Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require each hospital to submit semiannually to the Secretary of Health and…

Official title: A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to require hospitals to report information on hospital mortality rates and other information in order to promote competition and provide consumers with more information in order to make a more informed purchase of hospital inpatient services.

Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require each hospital to submit semiannually to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and to each health systems agency for a health service area in which the hospital provides inpatient services, information relating to the rate of mortality and the rate of morbidity associated with patients provided inpatient services. Authorizes the Secretary, if certain conditions prevail, to require other information from each such hospital relating to: (1) charges for services; (2) mortality or morbidity rates associated with surgery; and (3) other information which will enable patients to compare the risks of being provided the same services in different hospitals. Directs the Secretary and each health systems agency receiving information under this Act to make such information available to the public.