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Medicare Value and Quality Demonstration Act of 2002

Introduced: February 14, 2002 Introduced by: Collins, Susan M. Republican · Maine See on congress.gov
This bill died when the 107th Congress ended
It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Feb 14, 2002
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 14, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S856-857)
Feb 14, 2002
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Medicare Value and Quality Demonstration Act of 2002 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish demonstration projects under which the Secretary: (1) provides bonus payments to providers of inpatient hospital services and providers of physicians' services that deliver high-quality health care at low costs in accordance with a value and quality ranking methodology established by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality under this Act; and (2) funds a plan at each site to increase the number of such service providers that provide high-quality, low-cost health care to beneficiaries under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act.
What's happening now February 14, 2002

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1948: Medicare Value and Quality Demonstration Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-1948/
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