3.0.0 2749 2023-01-12T17:52:59Z 2023-01-12T17:52:59Z House H HR 2007-06-15 110 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-06-26T19:22:19Z Referred to 2007-06-15T13:02:35Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-06-15T14:30:36Z Referred to 2007-06-15T13:02:30Z Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007 110 1519 S 2007-05-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Related bill CRS 2007-06-26 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-06-15 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-06-15 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2007-06-15 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-15 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2007-06-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-06-15 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress G000309 Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] BART GORDON D TN 6 N S000275 Rep. Shadegg, John B. [R-AZ-3] JOHN SHADEGG R AZ 3 2007-06-15 True G000280 Rep. Goode, Virgil H., Jr. [R-VA-5] VIRGIL GOODE R VA H. 5 2007-06-27 False G000549 Rep. Gerlach, Jim [R-PA-6] Jim Gerlach R PA 6 2007-07-11 False S000250 Rep. Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32] PETE SESSIONS R TX 32 2007-07-19 False L000553 Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-14] STEVEN LATOURETTE R OH C. 14 2007-07-19 False G000410 Rep. Green, Gene [D-TX-29] GENE GREEN D TX 29 2007-07-19 False P000591 Rep. Price, Tom [R-GA-6] Tom Price R GA 6 2007-07-19 False J000287 Rep. Jindal, Bobby [R-LA-1] Bobby Jindal R LA 1 2007-09-25 False C001037 Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8] MICHAEL CAPUANO D MA E. 8 2007-09-25 False A000357 Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] THOMAS ALLEN D ME H. 1 2007-11-06 False C001072 Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7] Andre Carson D IN 7 2008-04-29 False Health Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Health information systems Medicare Physicians Quality of care Social Welfare Health 00 2007-06-15 Introduced in House 2007-11-20T17:54:45Z Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to evaluate the quality reporting system under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act as applied for 2007 before transition to a new voluntary Medicare quality reporting system.

Allows eligible professionals to continue to report to the Secretary specified quality measures for covered professional services in order for the Secretary to refine systems for reporting them.

Prohibits use of the Physician Assistance and Quality Initiative Fund for quality reporting bonus payments in 2008.

Specifies quality measures for covered professional services for the voluntary Medicare quality reporting program.

Revises requirements for medical registry-based reporting of quality measures. Directs the Secretary to treat quality measures data as confidential, unavailable to any other party or person. Shields such data from discovery or admission into evidence in any federal or state civil judicial or administrative proceeding.

]]> Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007 Display Title Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a transition to a new voluntary quality reporting program for physicians and other health professionals. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-06-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr2749ih/xml/BILLS-110hr2749ih.xml 2007-06-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.