3.0.0 1519 2023-01-11T16:47:38Z 2023-01-11T16:47:38Z Senate S S 2007-05-24 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-05-24T23:32:13Z Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007 110 2749 HR 2007-06-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2007-05-24 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-05-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S6889-6890) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-05-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000141 Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD] Ben Cardin D MD N S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2007-05-24 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2007-06-25 False Health Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Health information systems Medicare Physicians Quality of care Social Welfare Health 00 2007-05-24 Introduced in Senate 2007-11-20T17:55:32Z Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act - 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.

Directs the Secretary to enter into contracts for conducting demonstrations for defining appropriate mechanisms whereby eligible professionals may provide data on quality measures to the Secretary through an appropriate medical registry.

Allows eligible professionals to continue to report to the Secretary specified quality measures for 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.

]]> Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007 Display Title Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill 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 Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Voluntary Medicare Quality Reporting Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-05-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1519is/xml/BILLS-110s1519is.xml 2007-05-24 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.