S 1009
111th Congress
Senate
Health
Health care quality
Health information and medical records
Hospital care
Medicare
Medicare Care Transitions Program Act of 2009
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 7, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 7, 2009
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Medicare Care Transitions Program Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Care Transitions Program under which outcomes-based payments are made to community-based transitional care (CTC) suppliers for: (1) furnishing care transition services to an individual after discharge from inpatient care; (2) improving quality of care; and (3) reducing rehospitalization rates.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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