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S 1519 110th Congress Senate Health Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Health information systems Medicare Physicians Quality of care Social Welfare

Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007

Introduced: May 24, 2007 See on congress.gov
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May 24, 2007
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 24, 2007
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6889-6890)
May 24, 2007
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to evaluate the quality reporting system under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act as applied for 2007 before transition to a new voluntary Medicare quality reporting system.

Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts for conducting demonstrations for defining appropriate mechanisms whereby eligible professionals may provide data on quality measures to the Secretary through an appropriate medical registry.

Allows eligible professionals to continue to report to the Secretary specified quality measures for professional services in order for the Secretary to refine systems for reporting them.

Prohibits use of the Physician Assistance and Quality Initiative Fund for quality reporting bonus payments in 2008.

Specifies quality measures for covered professional services for the voluntary Medicare quality reporting program.

What's happening now May 24, 2007

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1