3.0.0 823 2023-01-15T23:33:12Z 2023-01-15T23:33:12Z Senate S S 2003-04-08 108 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2003-04-08T22:41:24Z Medicare Innovation Responsiveness Act of 2003 108 941 HR 2003-03-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2003-04-08 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2003-04-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4972-4973) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2003-04-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000059 Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] RICK SANTORUM R PA N L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2003-04-08 True J000072 Sen. Jeffords, James M. [I-VT] JAMES JEFFORDS I VT MERRILL 2003-04-08 True K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2003-04-08 True C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2003-04-08 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2003-04-08 True S001142 Sen. Smith, Gordon H. [R-OR] GORDON SMITH R OR H. 2003-04-09 False C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2003-04-28 False B001233 Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] EVAN BAYH D IN 2003-05-05 False Health Access to health care Administrative procedure Administrative remedies Ambulatory care Case mix (Medical care) Citizen participation Clinical trials Commerce Communication in medicine Department of Health and Human Services Depositions Discovery (Law) Drug industry Drug therapy Drugs Evidence (Law) Executive reorganization Federal officials Government Operations and Politics Government contractors Government paperwork Government publicity Health care industry Hospital care Hospital rates Injunctions Law Marketing Medical economics Medical fees Medical innovations Medical records Medical supplies Medical technology Medicare Peer review organizations (Medicine) Physicians Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Surveys Technological innovations Technology assessment Health 00 2003-04-08 Introduced in Senate 2006-11-28T17:35:40Z Directs the Secretary to establish a process that provides for the assignment of inpatient hospital codes for new medical services and related technologies as of April 1 of each year.

Requires the Secretary to establish a process for the assignment of Health Care Financing Administration Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) Level II codes each calendar quarter for new medical services and technologies.

Amends SSA title XI to provide that, if the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics has not made a recommendation to the Secretary before April 1, 2003, with respect to the adoption of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision, Procedure Coding System (ICD-10-PCS) as a standard for the reporting of inpatient hospital services, the Secretary may adopt ICD-10-PCS as such a standard without receiving such a recommendation.

Revises requirements for the use of internal and external data for annual adjustments to the inpatient hospital prospective payment system (PPS) and outpatient hospital PPS.

Provides for limitation on use of foreign payer data in determining Medicare payment amounts.

Revises requirements for the recognition of the costs of new medical services and technologies under the inpatient hospital PPS.

Establishes requirements for any agreement or contract to perform the function of making local coverage determinations.

Modifies requirements for the use of carriers for administration of benefits with respect to national inherent reasonableness determinations.]]>

Medicare Innovation Responsiveness Act of 2003 Display Title Medicare Innovation Responsiveness Act of 2003 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the expeditious coverage of new medical technology under the medicare program, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Innovation Responsiveness Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate 2003-04-08T04:00:00Z 2003-04-08 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.