Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Modernization Act of 2007

Bill: 110-hr-1046
Sponsor: Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26]
Introduced: 2007-02-14 in the House
Policy area: Health
Subjects: Civil actions and liability
Commerce
Communication in medicine
Competitive bidding
Conflict of interests
Congress
Congressional investigations
Congressional reporting requirements
Consumer complaints
Drugs
Economics and Public Finance
Electronic data interchange
Executive compensation
Expense accounts
Federal advisory bodies
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government paperwork
Grievance procedures
Health education
Health information systems
Health maintenance organizations
Housing and Community Development
Labor and Employment
Law
Managed care
Medicaid
Medical ethics
Medical malpractice
Medical records
Medicare
Minorities
Minority health
Patient satisfaction
Peer review organizations (Medicine)
Performance measurement
Physicians
Planning-programming-budgeting
Prescription pricing
Quality of care
Rural health
Science, Technology, Communications
Social Welfare
Travel costs
Women
Women's health

Summary:
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: 
Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Modernization Act of 2007 - 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.
 
Requires the organization to establish a Medicare quality accountability program.
 
Revises requirements for the quality improvement program (QIO), including program administration, data disclosure, use of evaluation and competition, quality improvement funding, and qualifications for QIOs under part B (Peer Review) of SSA title XI.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2007-10-02
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H11153)
action_date: 2007-02-27
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-15
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: 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.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: 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.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: 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.
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2007-02-14
text: Introduced in House