HEALTH CARE FINANCING ADMINISTRATION

Amendments

Medicare: reform the regulatory processes used to administer the program (S. 2999), S9293 [26SE]

Analyses

Health Care Provider Bill of Rights (S. 2999), S8097-S8099 [6SE]

Bills and resolutions

Emergency medical services: consider current systems that provide better, more cost-effective emergency transport before promulgating any final rule (see H. Con. Res. 320), H2770 [9MY]

Government regulations: consider the impact of implementing new reimbursement rules on existing emergency medical services systems (see S. Res. 302), S3328 [3MY]

Medicare: preserve access to outpatient cancer treatment by ensuring any changes in reimbursement rates are based on appropriate guidelines and analysis by GAO (see S. 3003), S8019 [5SE]

———provide attending physicians greater authority in determining whether a beneficiary is eligible for hospice care (see H.R. 5222), H7932 [20SE]

———reform the regulatory processes used to administer the program (see S. 2999), S7840 [27JY]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish minimum nursing staff levels for nursing facilities and improve quality of care provided by nursing facilities (see S. 3177), S10083 [6OC]

Organ procurement organizations: revise performance standards and certification process (see S. 2235), S1392 [9MR] (see S. 2625), S4379 [24MY] (see H.R. 4152), H1674 [3AP] (see H.R. 4592), H4035 [7JN]

Patients Before Paperwork Medicare Red Tape Reduction Commission: establish (see S. 2708), S4820 [8JN] (see H.R. 5334), H8468 [28SE]

Excerpts

Court depositions in Chetan Desai, et al. v. Jayaprakash K. Kamath, et al. relative to profits from the sale of chemotherapy drugs, E1578 [25SE]

Letters

Health Care Provider Bill of Rights: Ann B. Howard, American Federation of HomeCare Providers, Inc., S8096 [6SE]

———Brian Peters, Michigan Health & Hospital Association, S8095 [6SE]

———Charles H. Roadman II, American Health Care Association, S8097 [6SE]

———Mary R. Grealy, Healthcare Leadership Council, S8096 [6SE]

———Thomas A. Scully, Federation of American Hospitals, S8096 [6SE]

———Val J. Halamandaris, National Association for Home Care, S8096 [6SE]

Regulations

Hospital Outpatient Department prospective payment system for prescription drugs, E1276 [19JY]

Remarks in House

Medicare: approve all cost-sharing amounts of Medicare+Choice plans and prohibit such plans from manipulating cost-sharing amounts to avoid sicker patients, E1833 [19OC]

———oversight of contractors, H717 [8MR]

———provide attending physicians greater authority in determining whether a beneficiary is eligible for hospice care (H.R. 5222), E1540 [20SE]

———reform the regulatory processes used to administer the program, H7904, H7907 [20SE]

Medicare/Medicaid: reimbursement levels for chemotherapy drugs, E1578 [25SE]

Organ procurement organizations: revise performance standards and certification process (H.R. 4152), E476 [3AP]

Remarks in Senate

Government regulations: consider the impact of implementing new reimbursement rules on existing emergency medical services systems (S. Res. 302), S3333 [3MY]

Medicaid: imposition of fines for improper coverage changes, S6204 [30JN]

Medicare: preserve access to outpatient cancer treatment by ensuring any changes in reimbursement rates are based on appropriate guidelines and analysis by GAO (S. 3003), S8022 [5SE], S8093 [6SE]

———reform the regulatory processes used to administer the program, S8808 [20SE], S8875, S8876 [21SE]

———reform the regulatory processes used to administer the program (S. 2999), S8093-S8097 [6SE]

———reimbursement levels for free-standing cancer hospitals for outpatient services, S11481 [1NO]

Medicare/Medicaid: establish minimum nursing staff levels for nursing facilities and improve quality of care provided by nursing facilities (S. 3177), S10085-S10088 [6OC]

Organ procurement organizations: revise performance standards and certification process (S. 2235), S1407 [9MR]

———revise performance standards and certification process (S. 2625), S4389 [24MY], S4718 [7JN]

Patients Before Paperwork Medicare Red Tape Reduction Commission: establish (S. 2708), S4851 [8JN]

Texts of

S. 2235, Organ Procurement Organization Certification Act, S1408 [9MR]

S. 2625, revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations, S4718 [7JN]

S. 2708, Patients Before Paperwork Medicare Red Tape Reduction Act, S4851 [8JN]

S. 3003, Cancer Care Preservation Act, S8023 [5SE]

S. Res. 302, consider the impact of implementing new reimbursement rules on existing emergency medical services systems, S3333 [3MY]