3.0.0 1356 2019-11-15T21:52:51Z 2019-11-15T21:52:51Z Senate S S 2005-06-30 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-06-30T20:51:43Z 2005-07-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8546) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-06-30 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2005-06-30 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR 7/1/2005 S7848-7849) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2005-06-30 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 2005-06-30 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2005-06-30 True K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2005-06-30 True H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2005-07-21 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2005-07-27 False Health Access to health care Administrative procedure Case mix (Medical care) Congress Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Department of Health and Human Services Drugs Economics and Public Finance Electronic data interchange Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government trust funds Governmental investigations Health information systems Home care services Hospital care Hospital rates Housing and Community Development Information technology Interstate relations Kidney diseases Law Legislation Licenses Medical fees Medical statistics Medically uninsured Nursing homes Physicians Prescription pricing Quality of care Rural health Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Telemedicine Health 00 2005-06-30 Introduced in Senate 2005-07-29T17:00:24Z Medicare Value Purchasing (MVP) Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) to add a new part E (Value-Based Purchasing) under which the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall develop measurement systems to provide value-based payments to: (1) hospitals; (2) physicians and practitioners; (3) health plans; (4) end stage renal disease (ESRD) providers and facilities; and (5) home health agencies.

Directs the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC) to study how the Medicare value-based purchasing programs will impact Medicare beneficiaries, Medicare providers, and the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund.

Directs the Secretary to establish a program under which value-based payments are provided each fiscal year to hospitals that demonstrate a high quality health care for inpatients entitled to benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance).

Directs the Secretary to make a value-based payment to a hospital with respect to a fiscal year if the Secretary determines that the quality of the care provided in that year to Medicare inpatients: (1) has substantially improved over the prior year; or (2) exceeds a threshold established by the Secretary.

Prescribes a formula for the amount of such value-based payments, ranging from 1% of their Medicare payments for FY2007 by specified increments up to 2% for FY2011 and after.

Directs the MEDPAC to study and report to Congress and the Secretary on the advisability and feasibility of establishing Medicare value-based purchasing programs, including ones for prescription drugs and renal dialysis facilities.

Directs the Secretary to establish: (1) a Medicare value-based purchasing demonstration program for critical access hospitals; and (2) a demonstration project to determine the threshold amount of information technology connectivity necessary to improve the ability of rural and frontier physicians and practitioners to collect and use quality of care data.

Outlines a Medicare Advantage Plans value-based purchasing program.

Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to direct the Secretary to implement a value-based purchasing program for providers and facilities participating in the demonstration of bundled case-mix adjusted payment system for ESRD services.

Requires the Secretary to establish chronic kidney disease demonstration projects.

Outlines a value-based purchasing program for home health agencies and for skilled nursing facilities.

Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on appropriate measures to evaluate the quality of health care provided by skilled nursing facilities to Medicare patients.

Provides for a national health information network pilot project.

Requires the Secretary to study and report to Congress on telehealth and telemedicine.

]]> Medicare Value Purchasing Act of 2005 Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Value Purchasing Act of 2005 Display Title Medicare Value Purchasing Act of 2005 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide incentives for the provision of high quality care under the medicare program. Introduced in Senate 2005-06-30T04:00:00Z 2005-07-20 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S8546) 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.