1. Short title This Act may be cited as the MACPAC Improvement Act of 2017 . 2. Improvement of MACPAC (a) Duties Section 1900(b) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396(b) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1)— (A) in the heading, by inserting , payment, financing, and program integrity after access ; (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting , payment, financing, or program integrity after affecting access to covered items and services ; (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking access ; (D) in subparagraph (C), by striking such policies and inserting the following: policies of such programs relating to financing and program integrity, including— (i) the implications of such policies with respect to changes in health care delivery in the United States; and (ii) with respect to the market for health care items and services, the impact of such policies on the cost and spending growth under such programs; ; and (E) in subparagraph (D), by striking containing and all that follows through the period and inserting the following: containing the results of such reviews and MACPAC’s recommendations concerning the policies of such programs relating to access and payment, including— (i) the implications of such policies with respect to changes in health care delivery in the United States; and (ii) with respect to the market for health care items and services, the impact of such policies on access and payment under such programs. ; (2) in paragraph (2)— (A) in subparagraph (A)— (i) in clause (ii), by striking and at the end; (ii) in clause (iii), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and