1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening the Health Care Fraud Prevention Task Force Act of 2018 . 2. Public-private partnership for health care waste, fraud, and abuse detection (a) In general Section 1128C(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7c(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (6) Public-private partnership for waste, fraud, and abuse detection (A) In general Under the program described in paragraph (1), there is established a public-private partnership (in this paragraph referred to as the partnership ) of health plans, Federal and State agencies, law enforcement agencies, and health care anti-fraud organizations (in this paragraph referred to as partners ) for purposes of detecting and preventing health care waste, fraud, and abuse. (B) Contract with trusted third party (i) In general In carrying out the partnership, the Secretary shall enter into a contract with a trusted third party for purposes of carrying out the duties of the partnership described in subparagraph (C). (ii) Length of contract A contract with a trusted third party described in clause (i) shall be for a period of 5 years. Such contract with such party may be renewed as determined appropriate by the Secretary. (C) Duties of partnership The partnership shall— (i) provide technical and operational support to facilitate data sharing between partners in the partnership; (ii) analyze data so shared to identify fraudulent and aberrant billing patterns; (iii) conduct aggregate analyses of health care data so shared across Federal, State, and private health plans for purposes of detecting fraud, waste, and abuse schemes; (iv) identify outlier trends and potential vulnerabilities of partners in the partnership with respect to such schemes; (v) refer specific cases of potential criminal conduct to appropriate law enforcement entities