3.0.0 2698 2023-01-14T22:48:27Z 2023-01-14T22:48:27Z Senate S S 2004-07-20 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2004-07-20T23:23:00Z Medicare Hospital Accreditation Act of 2004 108 4877 HR 2004-07-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2004-07-20 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2004-07-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8482-8483) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2004-07-20 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Charles Grassley R IA E. N B000243 Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] MAX BAUCUS D MT SIEBEN 2004-07-20 True Health Accreditation (Medical care) Hospitals Medicare Nonprofit organizations Social Welfare Health 00 2004-07-20 Introduced in Senate 2004-07-28T16:30:15Z Medicare Hospital Accreditation Act of 2004 - Amends part E (Miscellaneous Provisions) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to revoke the "deeming authority" for Medicare certification of hospitals of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAH), under which a hospital accredited by the JCAH shall be deemed to meet the requirements for a Medicare-certified hospital.

Authorizes the Secretary to recognize the Joint Commission on Accrediation of Healthcare Organizations as a national accreditation body upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary may require.

]]> Medicare Hospital Accreditation Act of 2004 Display Title Medicare Hospital Accreditation Act of 2004 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to revoke the unique ability of the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations to deem hospitals to meet certain requirements under the medicare program and to provide for greater accountability of the Joint Commission to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Hospital Accreditation Act of 2004 Introduced in Senate 2004-07-20T04:00:00Z 2004-07-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.