S. 1519 · 110th Congress
Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007
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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.
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · May 24, 2007
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007
Latest action (May 24, 2007): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 24, 2007
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.