3.0.0 2858 2023-01-11T13:18:49Z 2023-01-11T13:18:49Z House H HR 2009-06-12 111 hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing hsif14 Health Subcommittee Referred to 2009-06-15T19:36:52Z Referred to 2009-06-12T13:01:45Z hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2009-06-12T13:01:46Z 2009-06-15 hsif14 Health Subcommittee 1 House committee actions Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Committee 2009-06-12 Referred to House Ways and Means IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2009-06-12 Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. IntroReferral H11100-A 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-12 Referred to House Energy and Commerce IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2009-06-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2009-06-12 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000188 Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3] RON KIND D WI 3 N B001248 Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] Michael Burgess R TX C. 26 2009-06-12 True B001230 Rep. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI-2] Tammy Baldwin D WI 2 2009-06-12 True Health Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health personnel Medicaid Medicare Prescription drugs Health 00 2009-06-12 Introduced in House 2009-07-13T21:31:20Z Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Modernization Act of 2009 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require utilization and quality control peer review organizations to offer quality improvement assistance to providers, practitioners, Medicare Advantage organizations under part C (Medicare+Choice) of title XVIII (Medicare), and prescription drug sponsors under part D (Voluntary Prescription Drug Benefit Program) of such title.

Allows an organization to provide de-identified patient data to providers treating the same population of patients for the purpose of measuring and improving the safety, quality, and effectiveness of patient transitions from one service provider to another.

Requires the organization to establish a Medicare quality accountability program.

Adds a program administration component under part B (Peer Review) of SSA title XI. Directs the Secretary to ensure that Quality Improvement Organizations (QIOs) are provided maximum freedom in designing and applying intervention strategies for local quality improvement.

Revises requirements for the quality improvement program, including use of evaluation and competition, quality improvement funding, and qualifications for QIOs.

Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to require state medical assistance plans to provide for an alternative quality improvement program.


]]> Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Modernization Act of 2009 Display Title Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Modernization Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced To amend titles XI and XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize the quality improvement organization (QIO) program. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Modernization Act of 2009 Introduced in House 2009-06-12T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr2858ih/xml/BILLS-111hr2858ih.xml 2009-06-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. 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.