3.0.0 1408 2023-01-11T16:47:41Z 2023-01-11T16:47:41Z Senate S S 2007-05-16 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-05-16T20:13:07Z 2007-05-16 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-05-16 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6194) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-16 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI N S000663 Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] Olympia Snowe R ME J. 2007-05-16 True Health Communication in medicine Economics and Public Finance Federal aid to health facilities Government Operations and Politics Governmental investigations Health information systems Income tax Medicare Quality of care Science, Technology, Communications Social Welfare Tax deductions Taxation Technology assessment Health 00 2007-05-16 Introduced in Senate 2007-08-09T14:07:02Z Health Information Technology Act of 2007 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a program to award grants to eligible health care entities to offset costs related to clinical health care informatics systems and services designed to improve quality in health care and patient safety, including costs for the purchase, lease, or installation of computer software and hardware.

Requires the Secretary to conduct studies to: (1) evaluate the use of clinical health care informatics systems and services to measure and report quality data; and (2) assess the impact of such systems and services on improving patient care, reducing costs, and increasing efficiencies.

Directs the Secretary to establish a methodology for making adjustments in Medicare payment amounts for providers of services and suppliers who use health information technology and technology services with patient-specific applications that improve the quality and accuracy of clinical decision-making, compliance, health care delivery, and efficiency.

Requires the Secretary to provide for the development and adoption of national data and communication health information technology standards that promote the efficient exchange of data between varieties of provider health information technology systems.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an eligible entity to elect to expense qualified health care informatics system expenditures.

]]> Health Information Technology Act of 2007 Display Title Health Information Technology Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to improve quality in health care by providing incentives for adoption of modern information technology. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Health Information Technology Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1408is/xml/BILLS-110s1408is.xml 2007-05-16 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.