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Medicare Quality Improvement Act
Introduced: May 23, 2003
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Became law
May 23, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 23, 2003
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Medicare Quality Improvement Act - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for a health care quality demonstration program under which the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall approve demonstration projects that examine health delivery factors that encourage the delivery of improved quality in patient care. Directs the Secretary to establish within HHS a national steering committee for medical excellence demonstration programs to make recommendations to the Secretary regarding program design, evaluation, and participation criteria.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1