3.0.0 5823 2023-01-11T13:25:12Z 2023-01-11T13:25:12Z House H HR 2014-12-09 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. MATHESON:H.R. 5823.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8[Page H8931]]]> hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2014-12-09T15:00:30Z hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee House Standing Referred to 2014-12-09T15:00:25Z 2014-12-09 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 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2014-12-09 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 2 House floor actions hsif00 Energy and Commerce Committee 2014-12-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2014-12-09 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress M001142 Rep. Matheson, Jim [D-UT-4] JIM MATHESON D UT 4 N Health Administrative law and regulatory procedures Congressional oversight Department of Health and Human Services Emergency medical services and trauma care Government studies and investigations Health care quality Health personnel Health promotion and preventive care Home and outpatient care Hospital care Medicaid Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Health 00 2014-12-09 Introduced in House 2014-12-22T19:26:22Z Incentivizing Healthcare Quality Outcomes Act of 2014 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. in order to incentivize healthcare quality outcomes, to prescribe specific adjustment factors for incentive payments to: (1) healthcare delivery organizations, and (2) healthcare professionals (who are not part of an applicable healthcare delivery organization) in a geographic region to coordinate care and reduce potentially preventable outcomes.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish geographic regions to which health professionals shall be assigned.

Requires the Secretary to select a methodology of identifying potentially preventable: (1) inpatient hospital complications, (2) admissions and readmissions, (3) emergency room visits, (4) outpatient procedures and tests, as well as (5) outcomes. Requires selection of a methodology also for risk adjusting the rate of each potentially preventable outcome.

Directs the Secretary to: (1) give confidential reports to healthcare delivery organizations with respect to potentially preventable outcomes, (2) make information available to the public regarding potentially preventable outcomes of each applicable healthcare delivery organization, (3) apply to state plans (or waivers) under SSA title XIX (Medicaid) regulations that will relate to payment adjustments for potentially preventable outcomes, and (4) award quality improvement grants to eligible healthcare delivery organizations with an organization-specific adjustment factor lower than the factor for 75% of all other such organizations.

Directs the Comptroller General (GAO) to study the impact of this Act on Medicare beneficiaries' care, Medicare expenditures, and Medicare providers.

]]> Incentivizing Healthcare Quality Outcomes Act of 2014 Display Title Incentivizing Healthcare Quality Outcomes Act of 2014 Official Title as Introduced To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to create incentives for healthcare providers to promote quality healthcare outcomes, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Incentivizing Healthcare Quality Outcomes Act of 2014 Introduced in House 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr5823ih/xml/BILLS-113hr5823ih.xml 2014-12-09 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. 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.