3.0.0 1958 2023-01-11T20:36:19Z 2023-01-11T20:36:19Z Senate S S 2007-08-02 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-08-02T22:57:48Z Medicare Long-Term Care Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007 110 3057 HR 2007-07-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2007-08-02 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-08-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000705 Sen. Conrad, Kent [D-ND] KENT CONRAD D ND N H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2007-08-02 True K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2007-08-02 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2007-08-02 True L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2007-08-02 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2007-08-02 True L000447 Sen. Lott, Trent [R-MS] CHESTER LOTT R MS TRENT 2007-08-02 True C000567 Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] Thad Cochran R MS 2007-08-02 True D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2007-08-02 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2007-08-02 True C001057 Sen. Coleman, Norm [R-MN] Norm Coleman R MN 2007-08-02 True B001066 Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY] JIM BUNNING R KY 2007-09-04 False C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2007-09-06 False E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2007-09-10 False R000307 Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] PAT ROBERTS R KS 2007-09-11 False V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2007-09-18 False S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2007-09-19 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2007-09-21 False T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2007-09-27 False W000154 Sen. Warner, John [R-VA] JOHN WARNER R VA WILLIAM 2007-10-02 False W000803 Sen. Webb, Jim [D-VA] James Webb D VA H. "Jim" 2007-10-15 False C000127 Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] Maria Cantwell D WA 2007-10-15 False K000105 Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] EDWARD KENNEDY D MA MOORE 2007-10-17 False N000180 Sen. Nelson, Ben [D-NE] E. Nelson D NE Benjamin 2007-10-18 False P000590 Sen. Pryor, Mark L. [D-AR] Mark Pryor D AR Lunsford 2007-10-18 False L000550 Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] MARY LANDRIEU D LA 2007-10-25 False V000126 Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] GEORGE VOINOVICH R OH V. 2007-10-31 False H001016 Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] KAY HUTCHISON R TX BAILEY 2007-11-08 False H001028 Sen. Hagel, Chuck [R-NE] CHUCK HAGEL R NE 2007-11-14 False M000355 Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] Mitch McConnell R KY 2007-11-14 False C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2007-11-16 False K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2007-12-04 False M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL 2007-12-05 False Health Cancer Congress Congressional reporting requirements Disabled Hospital rates Hospitals Long-term care Medicare Rehabilitation of the disabled Social Welfare Health 00 2007-08-02 Introduced in Senate 2008-01-14T18:33:10Z Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007 - Creates a cross reference to provisions in the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Refinement Act of 1999 and the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 for the prospective payment of long-term care hospitals.

Makes the base rate for a long-term care hospital for the rate year 2008 the same as that used for discharges in the previous rate year.

Defines "long-term care hospital" and establishes new patient criteria for long-term care hospital prospective payment.

Requires the Secretary to approve distinct part rehabilitation units in certain long-term care hospitals if rehabilitation services are not included within one of the major diagnostic categories.

Requires the Secretary to recommend to Congress and, after rulemaking, implement national long-term care hospital facility and patient criteria.

Directs the Secretary to contract with one or more appropriate utilization and quality control peer review organizations to review the medical necessity of long-term care admissions and continued stays for individuals entitled to benefits under Medicare part A.

Creates a separate classification for certain long-stay cancer hospitals, including satellites or remote locations if certain requirements are met.

]]> Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill 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. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Patient Safety and Improvement Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-08-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s1958is/xml/BILLS-110s1958is.xml 2007-08-02 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.