3.0.0 3191 2023-01-11T13:33:14Z 2023-01-11T13:33:14Z Senate S 2016-07-13 114 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-07-13T20:18:40Z 2016-07-13 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2016-07-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN N H001069 Sen. Heitkamp, Heidi [D-ND] Heidi Heitkamp D ND 2016-07-13 True Health Advisory bodies Child health Emergency medical services and trauma care Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health facilities and institutions Health information and medical records Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Hospital care Medicaid Medicare Medicare Payment Advisory Commission Rural conditions and development Health 00 2016-07-13 Introduced in Senate 2017-02-16T19:48:59Z Rural Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 2016

This bill amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to:

  • establish certain health care quality measures with respect to rural providers;
  • include such measures within specified Medicare payment models; 
  • revise certain requirements related to specified Medicare grants for rural emergency medical services and critical access hospitals;
  • require the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation to test a hospital readmissions reduction program for rural hospitals, a model for incentivizing rural providers to submit data on applicable quality measures, and value-based payment models for services furnished by rural providers; and
  • require the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to allow rural health clinics and federally qualified health centers to participate in the Comprehensive Primary Care Plus test model.
]]> Rural Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 2016 Display Title Rural Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 2016 Short Titles as Introduced Rural Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the quality of health care furnished in rural areas, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3191is/xml/BILLS-114s3191is.xml 2016-07-13 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.