1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Equal Access to Treatments Act of 2017 . 2. Coverage and payment for new drugs, devices, and technology under the Medicare program (a) Improvements to NTAP payment adjustment under the inpatient prospective payment system (1) Payment for costs of new technologies With respect to hospital discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2018, for which payment is made under section 1886(d) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d) ), in calculating the amount of the additional payment for a new medical service or technology under paragraph (5)(K) of such section with respect to such a discharge, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall apply section 412.88 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations— (A) as if the reference to 50 percent each place it appears in such section were a reference to 75 percent ; and (B) as if paragraph (b) of such section did not include Unless a discharge case qualifies for outlier payment under § 412.84. . (2) Revision to the cost threshold Section 1886(d)(5)(K) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(K) ) is amended— (A) in clause (ii)— (i) in subclause (I), by striking 75 percent each place it appears and inserting 50 percent ; and (ii) in subclause (II), by striking not less than two years and not more than three years and inserting five years