3.0.0 338 2023-01-11T20:05:13Z 2023-01-11T20:05:13Z Senate S S 2007-01-18 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-18T23:29:00Z Improving Communications Interoperability Grant Program Act 110 863 HR 2007-02-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response. Text similarities House 2007-01-18 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2007-01-18 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S765) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-01-18 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 2007-01-18 True W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2007-01-18 True V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2007-01-18 True D000432 Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] BYRON DORGAN D ND LESLIE 2007-01-18 True L000035 Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] BLANCHE LINCOLN D AR LAMBERT 2007-01-18 True S000709 Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] ARLEN SPECTER R PA 2007-04-17 False J000177 Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] TIM JOHNSON D SD 2007-09-18 False Health Administrative procedure Cardiovascular diseases Case management Case mix (Medical care) Communicable diseases Congressional reporting requirements Department of Health and Human Services Digestive diseases Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Government publicity Governmental investigations Hospital care Hospital rates Hospitals Housing and Community Development Kidney diseases Labor and Employment Law Long-term care Medicaid Medical records Medicare Metabolism Nervous system diseases Performance measurement Physicians Quality of care Respiratory diseases Rural health Skin diseases Social Welfare Urban affairs Wages Health 00 2007-01-18 Introduced in Senate 2007-02-06T22:13:22Z Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to prescribe requirements for a long-term care hospital (LTCH) and patient criteria for prospective payment to an LTCH.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) determine a list of medical conditions associated with a high severity of illness of patients who are appropriate for treatment in long-term care hospitals, as indicated by the presence of clinical comorbidities in accordance with a methodology specified by the Secretary; and (2) study and report to Congress on appropriate quality measures for Medicare beneficiaries receiving care in LTCHs.

Directs the Secretary to choose three quality measures from the study for LTCHs to report.

Amends the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 to require annual updates of LTCH base rates and wage indices and the reweighting of LTCH-DRGs.

Prohibits the Secretary from extending application of the 25% (or applicable percentage) patient threshold payment adjustment to freestanding LTCHs.

Directs the Secretary to permit up to 75% of the discharged Medicare inpatient population: (1) of an applicable hospital to be admitted from a co-located urban single or co-located MSA dominant hospital without adjustment to the hospital's LTCH prospective payment system payment in a specified manner; and (2) of an applicable hospital located in a rural area to be admitted from a co-located hospital without such an adjustment, either.

]]> Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital 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 Improvement Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Long-Term Care Hospital Improvement Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-01-18T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s338is/xml/BILLS-110s338is.xml 2007-01-18 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.