3.0.0 1776 2018-11-08T23:28:40Z 2018-11-08T23:28:40Z House H HR 2009-03-30 111 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-03-30T16:30:38Z 2009-03-30 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2009-03-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-03-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress A000362 Rep. Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4] Jason Altmire D PA 4 N P000149 Rep. Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] DONALD PAYNE D NJ M. 10 2009-04-21 False M001173 Rep. Massa, Eric J. J. [D-NY-29] Eric Massa D NY J. J. 29 2009-04-21 False P000096 Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-8] WILLIAM PASCRELL D NJ J. 8 2009-04-27 False B001259 Rep. Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1] Bruce Braley D IA L. 1 2009-05-04 False S001162 Rep. Schwartz, Allyson Y. [D-PA-13] Allyson Schwartz D PA Y. 13 2009-06-12 False H000712 Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17] TIM HOLDEN D PA 17 2009-06-19 False P000422 Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large] EARL POMEROY D ND 0 2009-06-19 False C001065 Rep. Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10] Christopher Carney D PA P. 10 2009-06-19 False L000263 Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12] SANDER LEVIN D MI M. 12 2009-06-25 False S001169 Rep. Sestak, Joe [D-PA-7] Joe Sestak D PA 7 2009-06-25 False I000057 Rep. Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] STEVE ISRAEL D NY 2 2009-07-09 False L000565 Rep. Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] David Loebsack D IA 2 2009-07-09 False M001142 Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-2] JIM MATHESON D UT 2 2009-07-09 False C001078 Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11] Gerald Connolly D VA E. 11 2009-07-14 False K000188 Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] RON KIND D WI 3 2009-07-14 False H001047 Rep. Himes, James A. [D-CT-4] James Himes D CT A. 4 2009-07-15 False K000371 Rep. Kratovil, Frank, Jr. [D-MD-1] Frank Kratovil D MD 1 2009-07-22 False Health Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Hospital care Medicare Performance measurement Health 00 2009-03-30 Introduced in House 2009-04-27T21:16:17Z Quality FIRST (From Incentives, Reporting, Standards, and Technology) Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make performance-based payments each fiscal year to hospitals that provide high quality inpatient hospital services to inpatients entitled to benefits under Medicare part A (Hospital Insurance).

Requires the Secretary to select appropriate evidence-based, statistically valid, and sufficiently field tested quality measures of care furnished by hospitals in inpatient settings for evaluating hospital performance.

Requires a utilization and quality control peer review organization to give priority of quality improvement assistance to low-performing hospitals.

Directs the Secretary to establish a program under which a hospital seeking to improve the quality of inpatient hospital services based on the results of a performance evaluation may apply to the Secretary to receive quality improvement assistance from a private quality organization with expertise in supporting inpatient service quality improvement.


]]> Quality FIRST (From Incentives, Reporting, Standards, and Technology) Act of 2009 Short Titles as Introduced Quality FIRST (From Incentives, Reporting, Standards, and Technology) Act of 2009 Display Title Quality FIRST (From Incentives, Reporting, Standards, and Technology) Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to expand the development of quality measures for inpatient hospital services, to implement a performance-based payment methodology for the provision of such services under the Medicare Program, and for other purposes. Introduced in House 2009-03-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr1776ih/xml/BILLS-111hr1776ih.xml 2009-03-30 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. 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.