Medicare Comprehensive Quality of Care and Safety Act of 2000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Oct 5, 2000
Medicare Comprehensive Quality of Care and Safety Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish and maintain a comprehensive quality of care and safety system, overseen by a Chief Medicare Quality and Safety Officer established in the Health Care Financing Administration, for improving and monitoring the quality of care and safety of medical care furnished to individuals entitled to Medicare benefits and for reducing medical errors and protecting the safety of such individuals in their care; (2) establish a system to achieve continuous quality and safety improvement in the delivery of medical care to individuals entitled to Medicare benefits; (3) establish such data collection systems and collect such data as may be necessary on an ongoing basis to monitor the quality of care and safety of care provided to individuals entitled to Medicare benefits, and the safety of employees of providers and suppliers who provide that care; (4) establish and implement standard patient assessment instruments that provide comparability of information; and (5) enter into agreements with quality improvement organizations to implement a standard data collection system to collect various reports on adverse events and near misses and other data on performance of providers and suppliers in achieving quality standards and performance measures.Requires providers and suppliers furnishing items and services under Medicare to establish and maintain a Medicare Quality and Safety Program meeting specified requirements.Directs the Secretary to establish the Medicare Quality Advisory Committee to advise the Secretary, make recommendations with respect to issues relating to the quality and safety of medical care furnished to individuals entitled to Medicare benefits, and report annually to the Secretary on the progress by providers of services and suppliers in meeting goals and objectives for improvement of the quality of items and services furnished under Medicare during the fiscal year.Provides for the redesignation of utilization and quality control peer review organizations and peer review organizations as quality improvement organizations under various specified provisions of SSA titles XI, XVIII, and XIX (Medicaid).Sets out additional provisions regarding quality improvement organizations, including provisions under SSA title XI for expansion of the category of services for which quality review may be requested.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1703-1704)
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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