3.0.0 1340 2023-01-11T16:32:42Z 2023-01-11T16:32:42Z Senate S S 2007-05-09 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-05-09T15:08:43Z Geriatric Assessment and Chronic Care Coordination Act of 2007 110 2244 HR 2007-05-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2007-05-09 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-05-09 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2007-05-09 True K000305 Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] HERBERT KOHL D WI H. 2007-05-09 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-05-09 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2007-05-09 True C001041 Sen. Clinton, Hillary Rodham [D-NY] HILLARY CLINTON D NY R 2007-05-09 True B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA 2007-05-09 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2007-05-09 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2007-05-21 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2007-06-06 False B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2007-07-30 False W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2007-10-15 False C000174 Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] Thomas Carper D DE R. 2007-10-30 False V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2008-04-30 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2008-04-30 False Health Chronically ill Congress Congressional reporting requirements Cost effectiveness Finance and Financial Sector Geriatrics Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Governmental investigations Medicare Quality of care Social Welfare Health 00 2007-05-09 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-21T15:33:10Z Geriatric Assessment and Chronic Care Coordination Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) coverage of geriatric assessments and chronic care coordination services for eligible individuals.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct outreach activities to inform likely eligible individuals of such assessments and services.

Directs the Secretary to contract for a study and report to Congress and the Secretary on: (1) the effectiveness of such coverage in improving the quality of care provided to Medicare beneficiaries with chronic conditions; and (2) the impact of such assessments and services on reducing Medicare expenditures.

Directs the Secretary to study and report to Congress on: (1) the effectiveness of pay-for-performance programs to serve Medicare beneficiaries with multiple conditions; (2) the cost-effectiveness of chronic care coordination under Medicare; and (3) whether the quality measures used for making Medicare part B payments improve the quality of care provided to Medicare beneficiaries with multiple chronic illnesses.

]]> Geriatric Assessment and Chronic Care Coordination Act of 2007 Display Title Geriatric Assessment and Chronic Care Coordination Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide Medicare beneficiaries with access to geriatric assessments and chronic care coordination services, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Geriatric Assessment and Chronic Care Coordination Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-09T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1340is/xml/BILLS-110s1340is.xml 2007-05-09 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.