3.0.0 562 2022-02-03T05:09:12Z 2022-02-03T05:09:12Z House H HR 2007-01-18 110 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing hswm02 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2007-01-24T15:41:24Z Referred to 2007-01-18T15:01:45Z 2007-01-24 hswm02 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2007-01-18 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2007-01-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-18 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress E000187 Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-3] PHIL ENGLISH R PA 3 N P000422 Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large] EARL POMEROY D ND 0 2007-01-18 True L000293 Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2] RON LEWIS R KY 2 2007-01-23 False J000032 Rep. Jackson-Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] SHEILA JACKSON-LEE D TX 18 2007-02-08 False A000361 Rep. Alexander, Rodney [R-LA-5] Rodney Alexander R LA 5 2007-02-08 False J000174 Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] SAM JOHNSON R TX 3 2007-02-15 False T000462 Rep. Tiberi, Patrick J. [R-OH-12] PATRICK TIBERI R OH J. 12 2007-02-15 False J000287 Rep. Jindal, Bobby [R-LA-1] Bobby Jindal R LA 1 2007-03-08 False C001053 Rep. Cole, Tom [R-OK-4] Tom Cole R OK 4 2007-03-13 False R000577 Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-17] TIM RYAN D OH 17 2007-03-22 False T000459 Rep. Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] LEE TERRY R NE 2 2007-03-29 False M001161 Rep. Melancon, Charlie [D-LA-3] Charlie Melancon D LA 3 2007-04-19 False K000172 Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5] DALE KILDEE D MI E. 5 2007-04-19 False B000755 Rep. Brady, Kevin [R-TX-8] KEVIN BRADY R TX 8 2007-04-26 False W000801 Rep. Wilson, Charles A. [D-OH-6] Charles Wilson D OH A. 6 2007-05-02 False B001255 Rep. Boustany, Charles W., Jr. [R-LA-7] Charles Boustany R LA W. 7 2007-05-09 False B000072 Rep. Baker, Richard H. [R-LA-6] RICHARD BAKER R LA H. 6 2007-05-17 False H001037 Rep. Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie [D-SD-At Large] Stephanie Herseth Sandlin D SD 0 2007-05-17 False G000309 Rep. Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] BART GORDON D TN 6 2007-05-23 False W000798 Rep. Walberg, Timothy [R-MI-7] Timothy Walberg R MI 7 2007-05-24 False Health Administrative procedure Cardiovascular diseases Case management Case mix (Medical care) Communicable diseases Congressional reporting requirements Department of Health and Human Services Digestive diseases Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Governmental investigations Health insurance Hospital care Hospital rates Hospitals Kidney diseases Labor and Employment Law Long-term care Medicaid Medical records Medicare Metabolism Nervous system diseases Performance measurement Physicians Quality of care Respiratory diseases Skin diseases Social Welfare Wages Health 00 2007-01-18 Introduced in House 2007-01-22T21:36:13Z Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prescribe requirements for a long-term care hospital (LTCH) and patient criteria for prospective payment to an LTCH.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) determine the LTCH diagnosis related groups (LTCH-DRGs) associated with a high severity of illness for specified medical conditions; and (2) study and report to Congress on appropriate quality measures for Medicare patients receiving care in LTCHs.

Directs the Secretary to choose three quality measures from the study for LTCHs to report.

Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 to require annual updates of LTCH base rates and wage indices and the reweighting of LTCH-DRGs.

Prohibits the Secretary from extending application of the 25% (or applicable percentage) patient threshold payment adjustment to freestanding LTCHs.

]]> Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure and foster continued patient quality of care by establishing facility and patient criteria for long-term care hospitals and related improvements under the Medicare Program. Display Title Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2007 Introduced in House 2007-01-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110hr562ih/xml/BILLS-110hr562ih.xml 2007-01-24 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.