3.0.0 498 2023-01-11T19:58:59Z 2023-01-11T19:58:59Z Senate S S 2007-02-06 110 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-02-06T19:37:41Z 2007-02-06 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1639-1640) IntroReferral 2007-02-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1638-1639) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2007-02-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. N C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2007-02-06 True S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2007-04-12 False Health Economics and Public Finance Federal advisory bodies Federal aid to health facilities Government Operations and Politics Hospital care Hospitals Housing and Community Development Medical fees Medicare Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Physicians Quality of care Rural health Social Welfare Health 00 2007-02-06 Introduced in Senate 2007-02-15T22:22:51Z Rural Medicare Equity Act of 2007 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to eliminate the geographic physician work adjustment factor from the geographic indices used to adjust payments under the physician fee schedule.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a demonstration grants project designed to provide financial or other incentives to hospitals to attract educators and clinical practitioners so that hospitals that serve Medicare beneficiaries residing in underserved areas may host clinical rotations.

Directs the Secretary to establish up to 10 demonstration projects to provide for improvements, as recommended by the Institute of Medicine, in the quality of health care provided to individuals residing in rural areas.

Amends SSA title XVIII to require proportional representation of rural area interests on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MEDPAC).

Directs the Secretary to implement the recommendations contained in the March 2005 GAO report 05-119 entitled "Medicare Physician Fees: Geographic Adjustment Indices are Valid in Design, but Data and Methods Need Refinement."

]]> Rural Medicare Equity Act of 2007 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve the Medicare program for beneficiaries residing in rural areas. Introduced in Senate IS Display Title Rural Medicare Equity Act of 2007 Short Titles as Introduced Rural Medicare Equity Act of 2007 Introduced in Senate 2007-02-06T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s498is/xml/BILLS-110s498is.xml 2007-02-06 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1639-1640) 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.