S. 3191 · 114th Congress
Rural Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 2016
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This bill amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to:
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jul 13, 2016
Rural Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 2016
This bill amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to:
- establish certain health care quality measures with respect to rural providers;
- include such measures within specified Medicare payment models;
- revise certain requirements related to specified Medicare grants for rural emergency medical services and critical access hospitals;
- require the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a hospital readmissions reduction program for rural hospitals, a model for incentivizing rural providers to submit data on applicable quality measures, and value-based payment models for services furnished by rural providers; and
- require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to allow rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers to participate in the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus test model.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Rural Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 2016
Latest action (Jul 13, 2016): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jul 13, 2016
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.