3.0.0 3091 2022-02-03T05:09:06Z 2022-02-03T05:09:06Z Senate S S 2008-06-05 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-06-05T22:07:00Z Medicare Wound Therapy Patient Protection Act of 2007 110 4778 HR 2007-12-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS Medicare Wound Therapy Patient Protection Act of 2007 110 4935 HR 2008-01-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Related bill CRS 2008-06-05 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2008-06-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK N M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL 2008-06-05 True C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA 2008-06-05 True Health Budget deficits Competitive bidding Economics and Public Finance Government Operations and Politics Government procurement Government spending reductions Medical supplies Medicare Peer review organizations (Medicine) Quality of care Social Welfare Wounds Health 00 2008-06-05 Introduced in Senate 2008-06-13T20:02:51Z Medicare Wound Therapy Patient Protection Act of 2008 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to exempt from the Medicare competitive acquisition program negative pressure wound therapy pumps and related supplies and accessories, until the Secretary of Health and Human Services can validate, using a panel of wound care clinical experts, the clinical comparability of all such products.

Expresses the sense of the Senate that this Act should be deficit neutral over the five-year period beginning on October 1, 2008, through appropriate offsets.

]]> Medicare Wound Therapy Patient Protection Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Wound Therapy Patient Protection Act of 2008 Display Title Medicare Wound Therapy Patient Protection Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to exempt negative pressure wound therapy pumps and related supplies and accessories from the Medicare competitive acquisition program until the clinical comparability of such products can be validated. Introduced in Senate 2008-06-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s3091is/xml/BILLS-110s3091is.xml 2008-06-05 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.