3.0.0 1355 2023-01-11T13:18:35Z 2023-01-11T13:18:35Z Senate S S 2009-06-25 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-06-25T18:02:09Z Rural Health Clinic Patient Access and Improvement Act of 2009 111 3896 HR 2009-10-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. Identical bill CRS 2009-06-25 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2009-06-25 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY N W000779 Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] Ron Wyden D OR 2009-06-25 True Health Congressional oversight Digestive and metabolic diseases Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health personnel Health programs administration and funding Medicaid Medicare Nutrition and diet Rural conditions and development Health 00 2009-06-25 Introduced in Senate 2009-09-30T19:51:19Z Rural Health Clinic Patient Access and Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act with respect to rural health clinic reimbursement.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make incentive payments to rural health clinic employees or contractors for satisfactory reporting of data on clinic quality measures.

Amends the Public Health Service Act to allow a community health center to contract with a federally certified rural health clinic for the delivery of primary health care services to individuals who would otherwise be eligible for free or reduced cost care if they were able to obtain it at the community health center.

Directs the Comptroller General to report to Congress on the diabetes education and medical nutrition therapy counseling services provided by federally qualified health clinics.

Directs the Secretary to establish a demonstration project of grants to states to examine whether health care professionals can be recruited or retained to work in underserved rural areas by providing them with medical malpractice subsidies.

States that a rural health clinic qualified under Medicare or Medicaid may be defined and certified by the Secretary as rural even if it fails to satisfy the requirement that it not be located in an urbanized area.

Amends SSA title XVIII to establish the minimum Medicare Advantage plan payment rate for services furnished by a rural health clinic.

Expresses the sense of the Senate concerning the adequacy of network-based health plans.

]]> Rural Health Clinic Patient Access and Improvement Act of 2009 Display Title Rural Health Clinic Patient Access and Improvement Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to improve access to health care for individuals residing in underserved rural areas and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Rural Health Clinic Patient Access and Improvement Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-06-25T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1355is/xml/BILLS-111s1355is.xml 2009-06-25 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.