Stop All Frequent Errors (SAFE) in Medicare and Medicaid Act of 2000
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Congressional Research Service
Official summary
Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Apr 6, 2000
Stop All Frequent Errors (SAFE) in Medicare and Medicaid Act of 2000 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part D (Additional Responsibilities for the Secretary in Order To Improve Health Care Quality). Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish: (1) requirements for patient safety programs as a condition for the participation of service providers in the Medicare program; and (2) a patient safety reporting system for collection and analysis of standardized information concerning sentinel (major error) and additional error events (applicable events) occurring to an individual in the provider's care or custody, and reporting of such information to the appropriate State agency, national accrediting body, or appropriate peer review organization.(Sec. 3) Requires the agency or entity designated by a service provider to ensure that the service provider: (1) investigates an applicable event; (2) determines the root cause or causes; and (3) establishes and implements a time-limited plan or strategy to correct the problem or problems that resulted in the applicable event, lead to reduction of the risk of such event happening in the future, and allow the designated agency or entity to determine the appropriateness of the root cause analyses and any corrective actions proposed or taken by the service provider.Provides for enforcement of requirements for designated agencies and entities.Places limitations on information regarding applicable events with respect to a service provider.Directs the Secretary to provide the director of the Center for Patient Safety with any information that the director of the Center determines necessary to carry out the Center's mission.Sets forth confidentiality requirements respecting any information, including patient information, developed by or on behalf of a service provider with respect to an applicable event.Amends SSA title XIX to apply Medicare patient safety requirements of this Act to the Medicaid congregate care providers.Establishes within the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality the Center for Patient Safety, headed by a director, to improve patient safety and reduce the incidence of errors in the provision of health care.Authorizes the Center's director to award grants to service providers, congregate care providers, and health professionals affiliated with such service providers or congregate care providers for the establishment and operation of patient safety programs. Authorizes appropriations.
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