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HR 3406 116th Congress House Health Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Executive agency funding and structure Government trust funds Health care costs and insurance Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health programs administration and funding Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care Medicare Nursing Performance measurement

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve measurements under the skilled nursing facility value-based purchasing program under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 21, 2019 Introduced by: Neal, Richard E. Democratic · Massachusetts See on congress.gov
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Jun 24, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 21, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 21, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill modifies requirements relating to the Medicare skilled nursing facility (SNF) value-based purchasing program, which provides incentive payments to SNFs based on their quality of care.

Currently, all Medicare SNFs are included in the program, and their quality of care is determined based on a hospital readmissions measure. The bill excludes from the program SNFs for which there is not a minimum number of applicable cases or measures, as set by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), for the performance period. Additionally, the bill allows the CMS to apply up to 10 additional quality measures, including measures relating to patient safety and care coordination.

What's happening now June 24, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3417 Related bill BETTER Act of 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3406: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve measurements under the skilled nursing facility value-based purchasing program under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3406/
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"H.R. 3406: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve measurements under the skilled nursing facility value-based purchasing program under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3406/.
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H.R. 3406, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3406/.
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[H.R. 3406: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve measurements under the skilled nursing facility value-based purchasing program under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3406/)
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